Mauradan is a pretty fast farm. You can get to the last boss pretty quick, especially using Angler's Fishing Raft.
After killing Princess, take off your gear and die. Can res near the entry portal to go back in (3-5 min. roundtrip kills)
Blade of Eternal Darkness has a high drop rate and it is...
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/character/us/garrosh/pejorative
currently shows lock wearing his farming shoulders, he has iLvL 62 shoulders also
Lv 11 Destruction Warlock 1-shots many bosses (without using a gimmicky trinket)
Definitely the best single target DPS of all the twinks I have made, by a good margin.
This is from my observations:
Veiled crystals cost around 40g ea. in cost of thread (will need 200+ if you can't get Marks of Honor)
Freehold gives 200-240 cloth per clear, MOTHERLODE gives 300-360 but takes longer. Cloth per minute is about the same.
Freehold is easier. MOTHERLODE is...
lv 11 Arcane Mage with WF gear. Avg. under 8 min. per Island Expedition. Has been faster than my druid, monk, shaman.
As far as I know, alliance still doesn't get the vendor, so roll Horde
While it is possible to solo Island Expeditions as a F2P alliance by getting Flynn to appear, the vendor is not available to spend your dubloons.
Horde has vendor available so you buy mounts/pets/transmogs.
Lv 10/11 twink arcane mage makes a mockery of the Island Expeditions.
East coast of Swamp of Sorrows.. Fish Stonescale eel schools and any Floating Wreckages you see. The crates give you rugged leather, thick leather, bolts of runecloth and other crafting items.
You can't get your skinning to 300 as of now. Not holding my breath for that to ever get fixed
I use Alchemy + Engineering for the Alchemist Flask and Frag Belt
Once you have made the flask and frag belt, you only need classic Alchemy(1) and Northrend Engineering(1) to continue to use them. So you can temporarily drop them for other professions (to enchant a new weapon for example)