This is the first time I'm posting here. I stumbled onto this server by chance on youtube and I love it. High elves for the Alliance has been a dream since 2004. I have also greatly enjoyed all of the new content - quests, items, storyline, etc. Vanilla-plus is the way to go indeed.
In this regard I have an idea for a new Woodcrafting profession or an expanded version of the current Survival one.
Woodcrafters would be able to create,
- wands and staffs,
- crossbows, bows and arrows (esp. for the hunters that don't like guns, as myself)
- polearms
- idols, totems, librams and trinkets,
- storage crates (like Tailoring bags, but for the gathering skills)
- progressing tiers of campfires up to bonfire (with increased light-range and spirit buff, stronger torches too?),
- the tents and boat form the Survival skill would tie in nicely as well,
- as far as player utility, you could have a kite (for gliding, like the slowfall spell), dreamcatchers that give a small buff after a set amount of sleep (with an increased effect depending on whether you sleep in a bed/tent/the ground) or they could be on-use items, different sails that would increase the speed of the boat,etc.
All of this would fill in crafting roles that are currently void, and be a lot of fun, imo. But Azeroth has no collectable tree nodes, you would say. True, however there are lumbercamps with luberjack/peons all over the world. So the basis for the profession exists. In this regard, you could have Woodcrafting vendors in the Capitals, some major cities and said lumbercamps, that would exchange progressing tiers of wood for leather/ore. The profession would use leather, ore, bolts of cloth for some of the items, so you would naturally pair it with mining or skinning. As far as tools, you could have a Woodcarver's knife (renamed skinning knife), perhaps a screwdriver (that you would get from an Engi. player), etc. Also, you could implement the bones/scales/webs that are looted off of beasts as reagents, which would give meaning to these otherwise useless items.
- As a sidenote, you could give more oils (even ammo ones), esp. for the higher levels, to Alchemy. They are currently underdeveloped/underused, but have great potential and offer variety in-game.
P.S. I have no experience in modding or coding, so I can't be of help in that regard. However, I can provide ideas, names, stats, text, etc. for the items and would be willing to help test them and assist the developers.
God spede to the Turtle WoW Team!
Slowly turtling my way up.