I just recently got the ability to make steel out of iron, and having saved all my iron from minning, I was overjoyed!
Untill I went to the AH and saw no listings for Steel, and thus no clue to the value of steel, over that of iron. Then I noticed that smelting steel, which you can get after 165 minning skill, gives no skill-ups.
Iron curently sells at 5g+ a stack, and coal cost me 3s each, so is steel worth smelting?
If steel is worth anything over the value of coal+iron, than I think I can rationalize smelting it, but if not, since Steel smelting gains no skill points, why bother untill I am a BS?
I know that only a very few mobs, and methods produce steel, so what does all the BS/ENG players do for steel? Or does nobody take BS or ENG without minning? I thought that some people take two production jobs at once....
Ay advice or insite is welcome, and I thank you in advance.