Originally posted by: SoldatRU
How about the professions, like I just made it to the 2nd town as a warrior, and there is an option to be a blacksmith! I was about to sign up because its the first thing of the kind that I've encountered in WoW, but I saw how you can only have 2 jobs. So I'm now wary, wondering if there are better things out there.
Also, how do I acquire the 2 hand sword skill? The trainer at the starting town couldn't teach me so I can't use bastard swords.
Primary professions include the following:
Blacksmithing
Alchemy
Enchanting
Engineering
Leatherworking
Tailoring
Herbalism
Mining
Skinning
The last three are "gathering" professions and require you find things in the game world (you may have seen copper veins or herbs around the world, skinning comes from slain beasts. Everything else is a "production" profession, where you make stuff.
As a warrior, you probably want to go with Mining and Blacksmithing. You can use these to make your own armor and stuff.
You could also go with Herbalism and Alchemy, Alchemy requires herbs (that you get with herbalism), so they go nicely together.
Skinning and leatherworking also pair nicely, but you'll be making mostly leather armor, and you can equip higher than that as a warrior, so I'd stick with mining/blacksmithing.
Engineering is also pretty cool I hear, but I've never done it personally.
Enchanting is expensive for people who are just starting out and it's one of the most expensive tradeskills to level (you have to extract magic essences from green items, and the item is destroyed). Tailoring is good for making cloth armor and bags, which is why mages tend to go with it.
As far as a two handed sword trainer, head to Stormwind city and ask a guard (right click on them). There's a trainer named Master Woo that will teach you two-handed swords. When you ask a guard where to find a trainer, they'll flag it for you on your minimap.
Almost forgot, Cooking, First Aid, and Fishing have no limit, you can learn all three of them if you want. You can also unlearn professions, but if you relearn it later, you revert back to level 1.