Originally Posted by
ocnwo
Right now I'm not a big fan of the professions, as far as game play is concerned. It seems, like soooo many other MMO's, to be almost an afterthought.
Of the few items that you can make early that might be useful, you outlevel them rather quickly, and so does everyone else so there is not only little value to me as the player, but little resale value to other players.
Of the high end items, really only the shirt and pants exist and they're only "good" (valuable) because there's literally nothing else in game. If I could loot a shirt with half the stats, I would never buy/make a purple shirt - the stats just don't justify the cost to me.
Now...that being said...bot level the professions to max as quick as you can, and when they actually spend som time fixing the professions and making them valuable to crafters, PvE'ers, and PvP'ers, then you're ahead of the game, ready to go when the new items come out.
That's my plan anyway.
Edit: oh, there's also something on the preview server that makes me realize they are going to add some kind of potion crafting. I'm not sure of any details though. I'm not sure if it's going to be an addon to something that exists, or an entirely new profession (but I suspect an entirely new profession)