Not Far From It Now

World of Warcraft has been criticized in the past for a sub-par and almost of Video games>useless profession system. Burning Crusade attempts to change all that by allowing users to craft items of great power that are comparable to loot in dungeons or the arenas.

As far as leatherworking goes in the Burning Crusade, the improvements are pretty comprehensive. Armor will be made stronger, will include leg enhancements, and will provide more protection for the players getting into the raids and the more hazardous dungeons. These new armor kits will be pretty simple to construct and will really come in handy when players can't get a particular high-end enchantment.

Mining now has available some more types of metal at the endgame. In BC, players will find Fel Iron and Adamantite, several kinds of high-end base metals, and also a few rare metals known as Eternium and Khorium. Similar to herbalists, miners will see some of the unusual Outland dwellers give up some rare materials when killed, for use for forge-fires. The miners will "skin" these corpses to obtain materials utilized by blacksmiths and engineers.

With the blacksmithing, they will now be able to make legendary quality weapons that only they themselves can use, such as a sword or the most durable suit of armor. These will be able to be worn, no matter what the game stage. Then, when they want everyone to take advantages of all this, they can so designate.

Alchemists will all have basic subject knowledge, but they will also be able to specialize.
These individuals will learn Elixirs, Potions, or Transmutation. Because of this, alchemists will be capable of constructing two items instead of merely one.

Enchanters now have new spells/enchantments in their repertoire. There are the new and improved mana and wizard oils, the ring spells, and lastly the Battlemaster and Spellsurge weapon enchantments. The ring spells will require locating the hidden formulas.

Herbalists will discover rare and novel herbs indigenous to Outland, with many strange and varied effects, some positive and some negative. And some will bestow (or inflict) strange effects on the herbalist who picks them. Plus, only this group will be permitted to harvest through the act of skinning, the unusual and scarce ingredients from plant beasts of the shattered regions lying outside the Dark Portal.

Engineers will locate new and useful gadget schematics. These will come from the innovative Goblin and Gnomish in their Research and Development Labs. Two such inventions will be Rocket Launchers and the Nigh Invulnerability Belts. Next, this class will have at their disposal a Mote Extractor to collect various resources from Outland's magic and gas clouds. Finally, raiding engineers will be able to create different colored smoke flares, enabling marking of significant areas.

Thomas Gates is a writer and editor for The Burning Crusader a World of Warcraft fansite dedicated to up-to-date free news, guides, and videos on the Burning Crusade.

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