What do progression raiders, arena gladiators, and auction house barons have in common? Two things: Dedication and maxed out professions.
While you can’t buy dedication, maxed out professions are easy to get with enough WoW Gold. It’s no secret that leveling professions is one of the most Gold-intensive activities in the game, but this is for a reason. Maxed out professions unlock recipes and stat bonuses that help players of all disciplines get an edge.
In Cataclysm, professions will raise their skill cap to 525 and it should be your goal to reach Illustrious Grand Master proficiency as fast as possible. You can buy WoW Gold or farm it through hours of dungeon running – just make sure to consult the guide below so you don’t regret spending thousands of WoW Gold on the wrong profession.
Mining is Still King for Tanks
You won’t go wrong investing your WoW Gold in Mining, especially as a tank spec in World of Warcraft.
Mining will continue to provide its Stamina stat buff and maxing it out will be useful for tank-related crafting professions like Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting and Engineering. If you plan to blaze through the new Cataclysm dungeons, you won’t really have time to camp mining nodes.
To avoid the waiting and just concentrate on dungeon running and raiding, aspiring tanks like you should just purchase raw ores at the auction house and just process them into metal bars. You’ll still get comparable skill level increases minus the boring grind or pathetic ninjaing.
And don’t cry about all the lost income. The real money in Cataclysm is in creating the high-end items in Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting and Engineering. You can use your processed bars to create epic gear for yourself, bringing down the cost when you purchase it from other crafters.