Combat mace-spec and LW. Is it worth dropping for BS?Follow

I am currently lvl 65 and specced 19/37/0, LW up to 331 and skinning coupled to that ofc!

http://armory.wow-europe.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Nagrand&n=Bladedthesis

Now, reading in on one-handed maces in wowhead.com, I don't see as many maces as swords, but I love the stun + weaponskill in macespec (and it looks freaking awesome wielding them too)! Most of the good maces are either grinding in Arenas or BS-crafting though so that puts me in dilemma.

I am planning on being part raiding part arena 2v2 and 3v3 when I hit lvl 70 and was wondering if it is worth it to change professions to Mining/BS. Really, those maces look teh bombzorx, but:
- is it too daunting/timeconsuming to lvl BS?
- will I regret dropping Skinning/LW-Elemental or is there (easily obtainably and substantially) better gear from rewards/drops/scryer/etc.

Grateful for answers as I have family w 3 kids and not so much time. Don't wanna switch if I cant make it to the good stuff if you know what I mean.

If you want to go maces, BS is easily worth it.

Drakefist/Dragonmaw/Dragonstrike is easily worth the time and gold.

Easily.

I just did exactly what you are thinking about not very long ago. Luckily, I had a nice boe epic axe drop and used that money to lvl my blacksmithing. I did it over a weekend. I didn't farm a single thing until I got up to the mats for drakefist. All in all, it took about 1.5k-1.7kg to lvl up to 360. Of course this will vary from server to server. Prices tend to be more competitive on the weekend. When it came time to make the drakefist, I already had ~42 primal earth, but only 5 primal fire. I went to elemental plateau and bladefist mts both, but there were so many ppl there, I spent more time pvping than farming. So, I had to pauperize myself completely to get the last 15 primal fire.

Also, take a look at the blacksmithing guides here (follow all the links to find the one that seems best). There are some recipes you will most likely have to buy like mithril spurs and mithril shield spike that will help lvling bs a lot. There's also some nice recipes from faction rewards that make it easy as well. The one I most remember is the rep reward recipe from, I think, cenarion expedition, some adamantite weightstone that gives +12dmg and +14 crit rating for 1/2 hr for blunt weapons. I'm pretty sure this lvled me from 350-360. Not a bad item to use when elemental farming btw.

If I made a mistake with names or what lvl these apply, what can I say, oops. The exact info is in the guides.

Nother 2 days to get Dragonmaw for me. Total time 5 days 1-375+2 days getting mats for Dragonmaw.

Being a rogue, i suggest going to Silithus. TONS of thorium in the Hives. Took about a day getting the like, 400 or so I needed.

Fortunately I had the Nethers already from rolling on them since they are always nice to bank and I was sure I would use them eventually.

Trust me, I know your pain. I'm a diehard macer as well, but haven't taken the plunge into Mining and BS for the drake hammer. Maybe one day. For now I'm wielding a Runic Hammer (MH) and Blackout Truncheon (OH). Since my rogue is an alt, I'm having trouble convincing myself to go through with the investment.

Thanks for all answers. I feel drawn to grind it out and craft those sukkah's, will decide this weekend.

One final question, would shooting for S2 maces be more hassle than getting good maces thru BS?
(I suppose the drakexxxxx are good moves because they are invested and upgraded if I understand correctly, while arena-weapons must be earned and bought. Thus I have to get maces anyway for obtaining them... kinda answers my own question there lol)

Ok, u have convinced me! I will keep LW and get BS instead of Skinning!
Have an alt that will pick up Mining/skinning, thats gonna be good I think!

Awesome, I look forward to this now!