Hand Me Down Gear: Old Gear for New Toons

Pysnister has written an article about how to use old gear to outfit new toons.  It has proved such a hit that he has done three followup articles for mages, rogues and warlocks.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/hand-me-downs-a-poor-mans-heirlooms/

Druids
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/hand-me-downs-druids/

Hunters
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/hand-me-downs-hunters/

Mages
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/hand-me-downs-mages/

Paladins
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/hand-me-downs-paladins/

Priests
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/hand-me-downs-priests/

Rogues
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/hand-me-downs-rogues/

Warlocks
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/hand-me-downs-warlocks/

Warriors
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/hand-me-downs-warriors/

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How to Gem and Enchant That Hunter

OutDPS has a guide from September 2009 on how to gem and enchant your hunter, regardless of your individual spec.  There's a link to his DPS analyzer, too.  This is pre-Patch 3.3 but it still may be very useful for you.
http://outdps.com/2009/09/14/epic-gem-and-enchant-list/

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Protection Paladin Enchanting

Choosing which enchantments should go on your new protection pally weapon.
http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/01/protection-paladin-weapon-enchant.html

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Mage Enchantment Recommendations

WOW Insider's Arcane Brilliance column recommends enchantments for mages who are in Northrend with some cheaper alternatives for the mage who hates spending gold.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/10/arcane-brilliance-enchanting-your-mage/

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Enchanting Leveling Guide

How to raise your enchanting levels to 450.
http://eviscerated.net/?p=169

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Death Knight Improvements for Raiding

http://www.isheepthings.com/blog/brushing-up-your-raiding-resume/


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DK Tank's Guide to Enchants and Gems

WOWhead has a short list of enchants and gems a Level 80 death knight tank needs to run raids and Heroics.  NOTE:  This was done for Patch 3.2.2, folks.  It probably doesn't work now that we are at the pre-Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1.

http://www.wowhead.com/?forums&topic=119851

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All About Enchanting

HOW ENCHANTING WORKS

Enchantment as a profession seems to be very important for the higher level player as they attempt to improve their gear.  Any solo player will have a special interest in this area as they don't have a guild to help with gear (assuming there is such a thing; the Solo MMO Player is very skeptical about the utility of guilds on his realm) and find it hard to raid on their own.  I thought about quoting sections from these three websites to explain how enchanting and dis-enchanting works but I think it better if you just read up yourself and take what you need from these places.

WOW Wiki seems to have the clearest explanation of enchantments and how they work.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Enchanting

Blizzard has a very good explanation of dis-enchanting and excellent tips at the bottom of the page.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/professions/enchanting.html

WOW Enchants is a website set up for enchanters.  There is an enchanting costs page, and sections on the various items that may be enchanted but the home page gives you good information about profiting from enchanting.  I am not sure how up-to-date this site is, however.  

http://www.wowenchant.com/

LEVELING ENCHANTING

Here's a compact guide to leveling enchanting.  Again, I don't know how up-to-date this is.
http://wow.stratics.com/content/features/guides/enchant/

DATABASES FOR ENCHANTING INFORMATION

Besides the general databases on enchanting that WOWHead and WOW Wiki have, I've found several specialty databases for enchantment information.  Take a look and see which you find useful, then bookmark for later reference.

Of all the enchantment databases, Chordian has the most information in the smallest amount of space, including where to find the enchantment, sorted by what type of item the enchant works on.  To switch to another type of gear, click on one of the items at the top of the page right under the header. (The default tab is weapons.)  Note that you can customize this database but I don't know how well this works. I've added this one to the Favorite Links section. 

http://chordian.dk/enchants.htm

Allakhazam lists the enchantments sorted by the six levels in the profession.  Just click on the Apprentice tab and see what you can do.

http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/skill.html?line=333&source=live&tier=apprentice

This site lists the glows on various items which is probably important if you are a twink or are selling enchanted items.  Appearance is very important in certain circumstances.

http://www.glowchart.com/

Hope this helps the budding enchanters among us.  

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Enchantments Databases

Chordian has set up a lovely compact database of enchants which you can use to mark the enchantments you have personally.  The default home page is the weapons.  If you want to look at enchantments for boots or bracers, just click on that topic from the list right under the header line.
http://chordian.dk/enchants.htm

WOW Enchants is a website set up for enchanters.  There is an enchanting costs page, and sections on the various items that may be enchanted but the home page gives you good information about profiting from enchanting.
http://www.wowenchant.com/

If you want to know what effects enchantments will put on an item, this is the website for you.
http://www.glowchart.com/

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