Semi-rant.
I am finding 350+ leatherworking to be a total pain. I'm kind of curious if all the crafting professions are in the same fix.
First, it takes a long time to grind the mats needed for a single skill point. This seems to be a real contrast to the 275-300 levels. It took effort, but no where near as ridiculous as the 350+ levels. In comparison, grinding in Winterspring enabled my to level up 275-300 relatively quickly. Now, each point takes hours and hours of grinding.
Second, another bad part is the all the primals needed for things. Some are reasonably cheap, but others are outrageous and/or the drop rates for motes are so bad that it takes forever to grind for them. The availability of mobs that drop certain motes are very limited and they're constantly camped, making it all the more difficult.
Third, most of the things we can craft are worthless or have no market. BoP items or items that require 350+ LW to get the bonuses. What's the point of that? If someone's 350+ LW, they'll make it themselves.
In my opinion, high end crafting (at least leatherworking) needs revised. It sure seems like a lot of effort to expend to get to 350+ only to have the profession be mostly irrelevant/useles. Just curious if others are experiencing the same frustration.
Edited, Jun 4th 2007 2:45pm by azwing