Computeher wrote:So does this mean I'm constantly shelling out cash for tailoring materials?
Er...no. Humanoid enemies drop cloth, and most standard tailoring recipes don't require anything except cloth and thread (which is purchased from vendors).
Computeher wrote:If I'm not gonna be able to make my own Alchemy buffs the same time I'm doing herbalism, I'd rather not even pick up herbalism. I'll just do tailoring and whatever else I have to in order to tailor my own armor and forget doing a craft for buffs all together.
Yeah, I would not recommend leveling with herbalism tbh. Herb and Mining are bugged on this server and barely any nodes spawn. Even with 1x leveling speed, you out-level your herbalism/mining level, unless you want to spend hours running around the zone just to level up your gathering skill.
I leveled Alchemy purely off the AH and, honestly, it was very cheap. Herbs don't start getting expensive until 200+ skill level. And even then it's only 3-4 gold per stack. Almost all of the low level herbs sell for anywhere from 10 silver to 1 gold per stack, so it's really cheap and easy to level Alchemy.