| Originally Posted by AngryUndead |
| Its just easier to farm, than waste the money leveling the craft. It seems that for any craft to be effective it needs to be in the 80's-100's. It drives me batshit. |
I'm not sure about this either... I've found only Leathercraft to be costly to synth up so far without making decent returns -
however - I make a ton while synthing stuff just for profit - especially as I level up, it pays for my skilling...
Alchemy - I've also found very profitable to level up - so long as you are patient. Yep, sometimes you'll have a large quantity of stock lying around on a mule, but the moment you catch a big price jump that patience pays for itself 10x over.
For example...
When I hit the silent oil stage... I found out that prices had plummeted from 40k a stack to 18-19k a stack and I had over 15 stacks on me from crafting... boy was I crying. Well... I sucked it up, sent them to a mule... and forgot about them.
Two weeks later, a new mission or something got added in an update - and prices skyrocketed to 60k a stack. I quickly muled over everything and AH'd it all. Suffice to say, it paid for various skillings in other crafts *and* left me more to upgrade my gear some more with.
Moral of the story - patience and vigilence will net you profit while crafting. Sure - an hour spent farming will net you 100k, but a point of crafting skill will take you one step closer to breaking a HQ tier on a craft and *that* is rewarding - again, if you're patient. ^^
- Saeriel