Diamonds are a DK's best friend..

So I made a choice and decided to embark on levelling Jewelcrafting. The irony of abandoning engineering as the patch notes finally decided to start looking good for the profession was not lost on me: I was just too busy drooling at gems to care. A +10 stats gem? +51 stamina? I swear the jewelcrafting angel is raining kisses on blizzard HQ at the moment.

I did not match Felsteel or Stanley in speed of levelling Jcing. I decided that instead of preparing all the mats, I would run head first at the trainer and learn anything and everything that might give me a level. Fast forward a few hours and Gohrok sat at a lowly 180. I went and found a guide for levelling it but it seemed to be wrong in several places. Make green skill rating items to go up 10 levels? Do you think I have that kind of bag space and paitence?

An interesting thing to note was how the profession seemed to stall and then suddenly rush through 30 points and then linger again. Levelling through the Outland was worse for me than the end game Azeroth gems, but only just. Northrend was like a dream come true.

Hopefully I will finish off and be 450 soon. Currently Gohrok is 430/450 and starting on his jewelcrafting dailies. I would like to thank Urmomma, Stanleyknife and everyone who advised me or was generous enough to fling a few gems my way. Hopefully the favour will be repayed with yet another player giving a steady supply of crafted gems to the guild bank.

-Gohrok.