I have successfully leveled enchanting, engineering, EVEN jewelcrafting to post-275 (I would not mention alchemy, tailoring, LW and all the gathering professions as they are EASY - I leveled all these professions post-275 long before my toons can reach Outland), but this evil blacksmithing -- DAMN BS!!!
The first thing is MITHRIL. LOTS and lots of mithril. OK you can mine them and they are not too rare. But BS's demand on it is crazy!!! No, I'm not just talking about armorsmith - I'm talking BLACKSMITHING in general - if you're talking about armorsmiths you probably need around 600 more MITHRIL for the quests. And the cheapest mithril ore / bar I've ever seen on my server is around 50s - at least 300g extra you armorsmiths!!! The only "yellow" plan at 270 needs at least 14 mithrils - that's compared to engineers who can make mithril-gyro shells that need 1 mithril bar!!!
The second thing is - thanks to all who recommended Mithril Spurs for 261-275 - Mithril Spurs are not learned from trainers but they are from world drops!!! A mithril spur plan has gone up to 45g on my server (I got mine for 30g and I'm tired of waiting for the price to go down after a week). Mithril Spurs are green at 270. I made 5 mithril spurs (meaning 20 mithril bars + 60 solid stones spent) just to get ONE god-damned BS point from 272 to 273!!! And tell you what, mithril spurs DO NOT STACK, and they are for use by BLACKSMITHS ONLY. You can imagine how good the sale of it could be. Lots of supplies but not much demand. Mithril spurs sold for 20s each on my server god-dammit!!!
The ironic thing is that I have quite a lot of thorium and dense stones - but I cannot use them much before 275 - the only plan I've got requiring thorium is thorium armor - which requires a SAPPHIRE which is rather rare. Look at engineers and jewelcrafters who can make thorium shells and thorium settings using rather small amount of thoriums (1-2 bars I think. Besides, thorium settings can be used later on) - the first thorium thing I make in BS takes 12 thorium bars dammit!!!
And for all you armorsmiths and weaponsmiths - many of the blue / epic things you make are BoP - so even your friends / guildies can't enjoy the fruit of your hard work.
So guys, if you are thinking about taking up BS - think again. You'll get your epic / flying mounts much earlier if you picked another profession.
It's no use even if Blizz nerf the BS requirements in the future. Money spent is spent. The rest is for education.
Lastly, I have never cursed anything Blizz ever done to WoW. No, not a single time (even they put silly things in here and there from time to time). But take this -- F**K BS!!!
The first thing is MITHRIL. LOTS and lots of mithril. OK you can mine them and they are not too rare. But BS's demand on it is crazy!!! No, I'm not just talking about armorsmith - I'm talking BLACKSMITHING in general - if you're talking about armorsmiths you probably need around 600 more MITHRIL for the quests. And the cheapest mithril ore / bar I've ever seen on my server is around 50s - at least 300g extra you armorsmiths!!! The only "yellow" plan at 270 needs at least 14 mithrils - that's compared to engineers who can make mithril-gyro shells that need 1 mithril bar!!!
The second thing is - thanks to all who recommended Mithril Spurs for 261-275 - Mithril Spurs are not learned from trainers but they are from world drops!!! A mithril spur plan has gone up to 45g on my server (I got mine for 30g and I'm tired of waiting for the price to go down after a week). Mithril Spurs are green at 270. I made 5 mithril spurs (meaning 20 mithril bars + 60 solid stones spent) just to get ONE god-damned BS point from 272 to 273!!! And tell you what, mithril spurs DO NOT STACK, and they are for use by BLACKSMITHS ONLY. You can imagine how good the sale of it could be. Lots of supplies but not much demand. Mithril spurs sold for 20s each on my server god-dammit!!!
The ironic thing is that I have quite a lot of thorium and dense stones - but I cannot use them much before 275 - the only plan I've got requiring thorium is thorium armor - which requires a SAPPHIRE which is rather rare. Look at engineers and jewelcrafters who can make thorium shells and thorium settings using rather small amount of thoriums (1-2 bars I think. Besides, thorium settings can be used later on) - the first thorium thing I make in BS takes 12 thorium bars dammit!!!
And for all you armorsmiths and weaponsmiths - many of the blue / epic things you make are BoP - so even your friends / guildies can't enjoy the fruit of your hard work.
So guys, if you are thinking about taking up BS - think again. You'll get your epic / flying mounts much earlier if you picked another profession.
It's no use even if Blizz nerf the BS requirements in the future. Money spent is spent. The rest is for education.
Lastly, I have never cursed anything Blizz ever done to WoW. No, not a single time (even they put silly things in here and there from time to time). But take this -- F**K BS!!!
My dear sir saphire is not kind of rare you just didnt mean near enuf if your stuck having to mine alot i suggest you set your hearth in EPL as i did and mine there for about 5 days straight make a couple loops while lfg for a group plenty of rich thorium veins to lvl up your mining as well to over 330ish need about 500 thorium really to sit and make thorium plate and u can sell them on AH or in trade to disenchanters, or ask a guildie to and sell the mats or keep them. GL once in Outlands its soo ez and soo rich with veins youll wish u had done it earlier. Also there are plans for something other than mithril spurs those are a joke go to the thorium brotherhood for quests to get other plans i beleive there is some plans in silthus as well as EPL.