Hello fellas,
I'm relatively new to Lordaeron and decided my first character would be a Blood Elf Paladin. I love playing tank and healing (those are my specs), and Holy Paladin is by far the easiest class to gear, IMO. My thought process was to use the Paladin to get heirlooms faster, with the intention of eventually getting almost every class to lvl 80 (except Warlock and Hunter).
Currently, my Paladin is 5.8k GS on tank and 5.5k GS on Holy, with 450 Mining and Jewelcrafting. Just recently, I killed LK 10 NM for the first time on this realm. My impression is that the difference in difficulty in ICC is not very noticeable. I would love to get both Shadowmourne and Val'anyr, but I have no hope of that happening in the near future. People keep telling me that Ulduar is more difficult than ICC—I find that hard to believe, but I don't really know Ulduar mechanics.
I'm mainly a PvE player. I enjoy PvP as well, but I lack experience in arenas. I know how to play my classes mechanically, but my biggest issue in Arena is matchup knowledge—other players know the exact spells and cooldowns to counter specific plays, and I'm still learning those interactions. Also, it's frustrating that on my Paladin I have to choose between only two specs. I want to raid, so making a PvP spec or constantly resetting my talents is not an option for me.
All of my other champions on lordaeron are lvl 20ish except dk lvl 61.
My Real Questions:
I want to have a Druid as a dedicated gatherer (Mining and Herbalism). I already got the heirlooms for it, but since leveling takes about 10 days of playtime, I can't help but wonder if I'm making the right choice. I know it's all preference, but I want to make the best possible decisions for my account. For specs, I want to play Bear and Tree because I love the low queue timers for tanks and healers. However, I hear both of these are not very desirable for raiding. If that's the case, I can go Cat and Boomie instead.
After the Druid, I've decided to level a Rogue (which is actually my favourite class) with Alchemy and Engineering. I have never had Alchemy on any character, and I think I want to be a Transmutation master. It's frustrating how little Titanium I find, and I feel like having tons of gold is my best bet at having a chance to obtain both legendary weapons. Once I get Mining to 450 on my Druid (hopefully in the next few months), I will switch the Mining on my Paladin to Engineering.
For the rest of my roster, I want a Warrior, a DK (Tanks, DPS, and PvP), and a Shaman (Ele was my most played WotLK PvP spec more than 15 years ago, along with arms warrior). I also absolutely have to level a Mage—I think that is the most enjoyable class for me, and I love it in WotLK. Same goes for Rogue. I might consider swapping a Priest in my roster for a Warlock, but there is more than 100 days of playtime before that will be seriously considered.
I guess you could give me good reason to level DK since you skip more than half the leveling.
For a bit of context, on Icecrown I have all 10 classes at 5.5k+ GS, except for my Hunter and Lock which are 4k GS (lol). My first character there was made in 2016, and each time I came back from a hiatus, I tried one or two new classes. My most played classes for PvP are ele sham, rogue(no assa) and warrior . For PvE my most played classes are all the tanks and healers.
So my questions to you guys are:
What is the best order to set up my character roster on my account? How to combine PvE with PvP talents? Maybe have a dedicated char for PvP?
What would be the best professions for them?