To Change or Not to Change My Profession

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Choosing professions can be approached from a few different angles. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using BS as a rogue, except for what you've mentioned about not being able to use most of what you craft. BS has a pretty versatile profession bonus in the socket bracer and socket gloves ability; that alone could be a reason to stick with it.

Although it is possible to make gold with BS, I find it takes a large investment of either time or a lot of gold to really make some gold with it. I've been raising my reputations on my BS because the older patterns usually allow me to craft some nice looking gear that sells very well for mogging, but a lot of the materials are rare and usually high-priced.

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LW is great for rogues fo the 130 agility bracer embossment. and i personally thing you should switch before you stick anymore money into BS. gets expensive and youcant really use Alot of the stuff you make. a few weeapons but thats about it. the 130 agility more than makes up for the 2 extra sockets as well.

A lot. Two words.

The alternative to 130 agility is a 50 agility enchant, the difference being 80 agility. It just so happens that 2 Delicate Inferno Rubies, the profession bonus a JC enjoys, is an extra 80 agility. Because of epic gems, rogue blacksmiths who are not JCs can realize an additional +20 agility when compared to a rogue with LW. If said rogue is both a BS and JC, the bonus is +34 agility. All that taken into consideration, the LW bonus of 130 agility is less than the agility bonus you can get with BS, and it can't even compare with the agility bonus of a JC/BS.

If you're not opposed to taking a risk with a large investment of gold, sticking with BS can really pay off in both gold and min/maxing. My tip: Get TradeSkillMaster and learn how to use it. BS has been one of my biggest professions when considering profit-per-sale.

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´wearing what you make´ is pretty much a joke in WOW. By the time you grind mats to make those items, you probably already replaced them with quest rewards or drops from dungeons.

When you get to level cap... well..again.. by the time you grind for chaos orbs or whatever the heroic drop item is.. you probably already got a drop for that item slot. The only really useful thing for the actual crafted gear is for alts (or selling to other people´s alts on the AH).

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A lot. Two words.

The alternative to 130 agility is a 50 agility enchant, the difference being 80 agility. It just so happens that 2 Delicate Inferno Rubies, the profession bonus a JC enjoys, is an extra 80 agility. Because of epic gems, rogue blacksmiths who are not JCs can realize an additional +20 agility when compared to a rogue with LW. If said rogue is both a BS and JC, the bonus is +34 agility. All that taken into consideration, the LW bonus of 130 agility is less than the agility bonus you can get with BS, and it can't even compare with the agility bonus of a JC/BS.

If you're not opposed to taking a risk with a large investment of gold, sticking with BS can really pay off in both gold and min/maxing. My tip: Get TradeSkillMaster and learn how to use it. BS has been one of my biggest professions when considering profit-per-sale.

Actually, having JC as a profession actually lowers the bonus you get if you are using all epic gems. BS only gives the largest if you are using all epic gems. Your analysis is flawed because you assumed a JC would use his chimera's eyes in his extra sockets, however, a JC can use his chimera's eyes anywhere and is limited to 3. If he was not limited to 3, your analysis would be more correct, but then JC would be massively overpowered and scale with the number of sockets you have. I have a guide on BoP profession bonuses. It doesn't cover wearing crafted gear from LW for example, because the gear is usually not all that great but more importantly even the good stuff is BoE.

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My opinion.

Professions are only really good for short bursts of time. Armor crafting (LW, BS, and Tailor) are only really good at the start of expansions, and to a lesser degree, when new patterns are released. They allow you to get a little jump on others with your gear by crafting decent epics before they are easily obtained by the rest of us. This point also allows you to sell your wares at a nice profit. But usually after a patch or 2, your crafted gear is sub-par, and quickly becomes worthless.

JC really shines (no pun intended) with each new tier, asso many players are replacing gear, and they need gems for those sockets. But after progression slows, so does the market for gems, and they too become more trouble than they are worth to craft.

Gathering is nice for a while too, as early in the expansions, you can make a killing with the current mats, and can sometimes make good gold on the lower level mats. But it is very market dependant. If your server has a lot of gatherers, prices can get driven down so low, its not worth the time to farm the mats.

So in the end, it really comes down toprofession bonus',and those are "pretty much" equal across all the crafting professions. Yeah, there are minor differences, but unless you need to squeeze EVERY single point out of your profession, its not a huge deal.

All that said, you are only at 320, so you dont have as much invested as a maxed BS. And come MoP, either profession is going to have its time in the spotlight, so in the end, the choice is really up to you. I can tell you, LW is not an easy profession to level. There are points where the amount of leather you need is crazy, and often, the AH is no help. So be prepared to spend a lot of time killing, looting, and skinning to get past the humps.

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Stick with BS. The only reason to "wear what you craft" is if you plan to craft an entry PvP set while you grind honor so you are not oneshot in regular bg's.

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here's how I've always done it...
At the start of an expansion. take the craft that makes the gear your toon wears and the gathering profession to supply it(if you don't have gold to burn) .
This gives you a leg up on not having to fight for winning rolls for every slot and you will make easy gold selling the gear on the AH...especially the pvp gear.
Save up all your gold.
Once the first patch comes out switch to JC/Enchanting since these will always be in demand through out the rest of the expansion since you will always have to renew them every time you pick up a new piece and the perks are good as well.

PS. Always have a toon for gathering only. A deathknight makes short work of having one of these.

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Lots of good advice here. Thanks. i origionally was going to do it just so I could wear what I made, but sounds like not best idea. Will stick with the BS and use the socket advantages.

You may want to consider dropping mining and leveling something else. Mining only gives stamina, which does nothing for your dps, which is what is your most important attribute as a rogue.

Ironically, tailoring is an extremely strong profession for rogues as the cloak enchant () is cheap, replaces an expensive and/or subpar enchant (depending on if you would have gone with Agilité majeure, Coup critique, or Coup critique supérieur and grants a lot of attack power.

Many cloths are very common and cheap, with the exception sometimes of Étoffe de tisse-givre.

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