Whatever happened to the beverages or drinks being integrated into cooking? Wasn't that planned for a patch way back? To my knowledge, hasn't been implemented yet..

That's a big one for me. You can make food to restore health; but as a priest-I have no problem in that department; I need mana!

Chris

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Oh my god, I would love a music skill. I played a bard as my main in EQ for years. In WoW, it just wouldn't work as a class, but it would be awesome to be able to equip some drums and sing some Selo's Song of Acceleration (Crusader Aura) or pull out your lute for a group heal aura.

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@1 New Profession: Brewmaster. A cross between alchemy and engineering, crafting trinkets and consumables with effects like haste (espresso), slow (drunken haze), and flame breath (similar to
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=12217 )

And of course, make some homebrew!
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23586

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Leatherworkers already have drums to play.

I've heard this somewhere else before, but a Scribe that makes scrolls could be a good place to start from.

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It would be really cool if players could play music (like in the vid) in WoW, but I don't think it would be good for a profession. Bard-like auras are already a huge part of Paladins and especially Shamans.

And some of the other professions have aura-producing items as well. Leatherworkers can make several different kinds of drums that give a buff, and Jewelcrafters can make buffing necklaces.

I do think that a Woodworking profession could be cool. We need a profession that can make Bows, Staffs, Arrows, Totem Poles, and so on.

But the current professions still need a lot of work.

Engineering is still kinda lousy. They need to make a craftable "Upgrade Kit" that'll allow your old items (like the Mind-Control Cap) to work on 60+ targets.

Jewelcrafting needs more Fist Weapon recipes. So far, it has ONE, and it's a lowbie item. Personally, I'd love to see them add a craftable customizable fist weapon that only Jewelcrafters can use, with like 12 gem slots.

I could go on, but I won't. They still have a lot of work to do on existing professions before they add new ones. Not that that's stopped them before.

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@4: We already have Alchemists. What would a Scribe do that an Alchemist can't already do?

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Wood Working is a given.

Lumberjacking (or Wood Cutting, or Forestry)would be the gathering complement.

Now that they have nerfed Alchemy, they can now include a Scribe. They would make scrolls (town portals anyone?) and have other "glyph"-like abilities, such as Circles of Power, Healing, etc.

I think music and brewmastery would be excellent secondary skills. Music could be a main profession I guess, but I'd like it as another complement to the Well Fed buff.

I'd also like to see a Camping(Tents, more fires), Art(Tattoos), and Farming professions.

There is so much more that can be done.

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Brewmaster sounds awesome!

Of course, that might also give a good lead-in to Pandaran showing up too...

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I would love music in wow

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Brewing and Scribing have been singled out as unlikely profession ideas because of the similarity to alchemy and/or cooking.

Woodworking is a common suggestion because it seems like a reasonable way to be able to craft all of the major categories of equipment that aren't currently craftable - arrows, bows, staves, shields, and possibly relics. The associated gathering profession could reasonably be built in, (which would likely require spawning yet another kind of node to gather from) or the profession could use a mix of leather, herbs, purchased wood and the standard mob drops. To give the profession a bit of a spike, it'd probably help if practitioners were able to do something or other that's unique.

I'd almost rather see the existing professions given a little more functionality, rather than having new ideas fragmented across even more professions. I'm not an engineer, but it's well-known that the profession is in a world of hurt, and most any idea can be translated into an engineering thing. Things like the Tailoring nets and the Leatherworking drums are cool ideas that give their professions a bit of flair, and I'd rather see new ideas added to existing professions (or even classes) than clumped into new ones. (Unless a very large 'hole' is created by new game elements, as was arguably the case with jewelcrafting.)

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i agree with #10, woodworking and forestry should be added, could also throw in wands to #10's list as well. music is stupid and only would serve to make a band like in SWG which basically is a waste of time. tents could be cool though, like to increase group recovery time or as a group rez device, just throw one down before you take on a boss and if you all wipe, you can all rez into the tent.

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Woodworking: Able to craft arrows, bows, staves, and shields.

Brewmaster: Secondary profession able to make water/mana return items much like the cooking profession.

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As Lumbering would function mechanically as "Herbalism" and "Skinning" with a Find Timber application and allow for players to obtain wood from trees... Woodworking would be its "Smelting", the crafting follow-up.

I think Woodworking would first have to render the procured wood into board, dowels, and pulp.

Pulp could be used to make imbued papers, which once combined with materials by Enchanters, can be used to make Scrolls. Leatherworkers could use papers to make Offhand Tomes for casters and Librams for paladins.

Dowels would be manufactured in vast quantity, as they would be transformed into quantities of arrows using Light Feathers. Dowels would be combined with essences, shards or dusts to make bows, staves and wands. Processed dowels would be used by Engineers to make crossbows, or polearms by Blacksmiths.

Boards would be used to make Shields, either by combining enchanting mats to make shaman or paladin shields or metals for warriors. Boards could also be used to make 1H and 2H maces, carving trinkets for all classes and Totems and Idols for druids and shamans.

Boards come into their own at post-70 zones and +400 skills. The production of vast amounts of boards allow Woodworkers to create boats to cross the High Seas of the Maelstrom(NOT launching from ports like Menethil Harbor or Ratchet, but ports in the expansion post-70 zones, like Stormreaver Bay, Biljwater Port, and Zaldazar.).

Lastly, a byproduct of some lumbering would result in Kindling - a consumable used by mages, shamans, and warlocks to enhance their fire spell damage.

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are you allowed to play music thats not gay or would that be out of character?

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I'd also like to add to #10's list (and support the addition of woodworking as a profession) with the construction of lifeboats that save you when you're crossing continents and your ship disappears before you do, leaving you stranded in the ocean to die a horrible fatigued death! And yes, bows, staves, wands, arrows, relics, shields, etc: all excellent ideas.

Actually they should have shield recipes for blacksmiths while we're at it ...

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I'm with #10 in that I think the current professions could easily be boosted to fulfill most of the requests mentioned. It doesn't seem to be that much of a stretch for a skilled engineer to build a bow. I bet my money against Blizz rolling out woodworking professions for gathering and crafting. I just think it's not profession that would be perceived by the average player as 'sexy' or useful. On the other hand, I absolutely love the idea of a musician skill. It wouldn't be a profession, but perhaps the instruments are rare drops? I could see it be soooo cool to whip out your lute (or harp, or drums, etc) and play a tune in the middle of Shatt. Yeh, it could be annoying, too :)

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Woodworking/foresting would be a waste of time. There are enough bows wooden stuff in the game, and I don't need more standard stuff (typical crafted items that almost everyone has).

As a new addition I would like each class to have a specific profession, like the rogues have lockpicking. Casters could craft runes to cast a specific spell (one charge or more), hunters could make traps and nets, warriors could make weapon auguments, rogues could make smokebombs and lockpicks... etc..

And I would love to see town portal runes/scrolls for the lesser towns in Azeroth (maybe made available by a quest and soulbound).

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How about Undertaker as a profession. Hell its just as stupid as a music profession or bard class. Whoever heard of death by D minor? Cymbals of pain anyone?

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Woodworking...bard... lol

As for the cooking to return mana that's why we have just straight forward water and food that does do mana buffs. Good job everyone for taking note of this.

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There should be some profession that provides the ability to craft staves.

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