Found a nice +22 int axe on the AH http://wowhead.com/?item=25208 … now I just need someone to sell one more and my orcish butt is set for the grind!

(Considered farming for the axe itself but it’s a random stat on a 1% drop la sigh)

I’m home from work now, so I was able to look it up.

I love the dual wielding caster weapons idea! & I’m heading off right now to find out what the horde equivalent of conquest is right after this – Thanks for the tips! I see in my future a shiny new farming outfit.

As far as farming and mana regen goes, here’s a couple of thoughts. Try getting a Mark of Conquest (not sure what the Horde equivalent is, sorry) from the pvp vendor in Zangamarsh. It procs pretty regularly for me, and it gives me a nice little chunk of mana back. Between that, and my Power Infused Mushroom, the only time I have to switch to Viper while farming/questing is on those damn mana-tapping mobs on Sunwell Isle. /grumble

Also, consider getting a couple of daggers or something with alot of Int on them, and get the highest Int enchant on them that you can. Then switch to those whenever you have Viper up. That should help a lot. I need to do this myself, actually.

Actually the way you analyzed your talent breakdown is kinda the… hmmm core?… of what I love about wow. Every time a new patch comes out that turns my hunter game play around I can sit in the most boring irrelevant work meetings musing *yeah maybe if equip blah item with say those enchants then mana may no longer be an issue … better write that down* – I must look so tuned in, if only they knew!

WoW my personal mental rubrics cube :p