As I've approached level 80 everything has started to feel more and more "grindy". The LFG tool is still fantastic and breaking up the monotony of questing but due to the range in group skills they can sometimes be painfully slow. I'm definitely getting that anxious feeling of wanting to just be at the level cap so I can focus on gearing up and maxing out my professions. At the time of writing this, I'm about 85% through level 79 but stopped playing to watch the NFL playoffs.
When I finally ding 80, I've come up with a basic gameplan. First, I'll enchant some of the crappy blues I have so that I'm at least geared enough to tank heroics without people leaving as soon as they see my HP. It's looking like I'll be somewhere between 22k and 23k HP unbuffed, which is about where I was on my pally when I first hit 80. I'll try to snag the tanking trinket from reg ToC first since it should be pretty easy and I might snag another drop or two while I'm there - I haven't actually looked at the loot lists but I'm sure there's at least an upgrade or two. From there it'll be pretty much constant random groups. There are upgrades everywhere so I figure I'll just farm badges for my good gear and pick up whatever i200 stuff to fill in gaps on the way.
As far as professions, I think I'm going to go with enchanting and either leatherworking or alchemy (I already have JC on my paladin). I'll pretty much buy all the mats for enchanting unless something looks way to expensive. I imagine it might be worthwhile to solo farm ramps or something. I'm leanding toward alchemy for my second prof but we'll see how I feel when the time comes.
Professions will be secondary to heroic farming though. I expect to make decent money just from farming heroics and it'll be nice to use that to powerlevel professions when I need a break.
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