I'm a lvl55 Druid (balance speced) and I'm currently 319 Alchemy. For a while now, I've noticed that I don't see myself making anything useful with Alch (besides mana and health pots). I checked out LW and I saw that I would be able to make some good end-game healing leather gear. Also, I almost never make any money with Alch since nobody seems to wanna buy elixirs or pots.
I have a couple of questions.
- Is it smart to drop Alchemy now that I'm at 319?
- Does LW make more money than Alchemy?
- Would it be too hard/annoying to level up LW from 0 to 300ish at my level?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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It'll be expensive to pick up leatherworking at your level; if you can afford to buy all the leather and hides you'll need by all means go for it.
As for a moneymaking perspective, alchemy will make you far more money than leatherworking will. Alchemy, along with enchanting, are the only two crafting professions that will actually make you money. Personally, I'd stick with alchemy because there aren't many better trinkets than the Alchemist's stone (+15 to all stats and 40% increased HP/MP potion effectiveness).
As for a moneymaking perspective, alchemy will make you far more money than leatherworking will. Alchemy, along with enchanting, are the only two crafting professions that will actually make you money. Personally, I'd stick with alchemy because there aren't many better trinkets than the Alchemist's stone (+15 to all stats and 40% increased HP/MP potion effectiveness).
For the love of sanity! Stay away from Leatherworking!
I am sitting at 370 skill on my Hunter.. I haven't bought much of the mats, and it's seriously been more than 50 hours of farming, and craploads more farming for these last 5 points to come.
The gear you can make is nice.. but short lived. At the cost of at least 200 gold per combine (on Lightbringer, if I were to sell the mats for each combine at a minimum this would be the value) I could have very easily bought equivalent or better equipment for my character.
Unfortunately I am one stubborn SOB and refused to let all that time be for naught. I could have two characters with epic flight, but instead I chose to skillup Leatherworking past 340. It really hurts (mostly my ego) since I ended up just buying half of my gear from the AH to replace garbage that I crafted, the other half is only waiting on those pesky Beast Lord set drops to actually drop. I figure by the time I hit 375 Leatherworking, there won't be much crafted gear that I will use until Black Temple.
Oh, and I still have to buy my potions.
I am sitting at 370 skill on my Hunter.. I haven't bought much of the mats, and it's seriously been more than 50 hours of farming, and craploads more farming for these last 5 points to come.
The gear you can make is nice.. but short lived. At the cost of at least 200 gold per combine (on Lightbringer, if I were to sell the mats for each combine at a minimum this would be the value) I could have very easily bought equivalent or better equipment for my character.
Unfortunately I am one stubborn SOB and refused to let all that time be for naught. I could have two characters with epic flight, but instead I chose to skillup Leatherworking past 340. It really hurts (mostly my ego) since I ended up just buying half of my gear from the AH to replace garbage that I crafted, the other half is only waiting on those pesky Beast Lord set drops to actually drop. I figure by the time I hit 375 Leatherworking, there won't be much crafted gear that I will use until Black Temple.
Oh, and I still have to buy my potions.
Bordagar wrote:
For the love of sanity! Stay away from Leatherworking!
I am sitting at 370 skill on my Hunter.. I haven't bought much of the mats, and it's seriously been more than 50 hours of farming, and craploads more farming for these last 5 points to come.
I am sitting at 370 skill on my Hunter.. I haven't bought much of the mats, and it's seriously been more than 50 hours of farming, and craploads more farming for these last 5 points to come.
Hear hear, on all counts. (especially the stubborn SOB part) My druid is at LW 361. I leveled to 360 so I could make the final piece (chest) of my heavy clefthoof set, got the point for that. It's funny how many druids have exactly 361 leatherworking, even though the heavy clefthoof set is BoE. Lots of stubborn SOBs out there. : ) I haven't made anything since then to focus on saving money for epic flight instead of spending well over 100g per point to level a bloody craft.
I just dropped my LW yesterday(at level 363). The mats to get me higher than that were averaging 80-100g per point. Even if I farm the mats, if I could sell them for that much, why not.
Yes, I do wear some of the gear I crafted, but it just isn't worth it. Picked up Herb to replace it.
Yes, I do wear some of the gear I crafted, but it just isn't worth it. Picked up Herb to replace it.
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