Whenever I look for threads relating to Blacksmithing (I'm a level 275 Weaponsmith/300 miner) I hear : "OMFGZZZ TEH BS IS UZELEZZ !!" remarks .
Well heres to you noobs , who say that .
Blacksmithing is GOOD money ............ The major arguement these people draw is that if you sell the mats you farm as a miner in AH , you'd end up with more money to buy "Uber" stuff anyway .
Ok so in both cases , you will waste time farming , so time is out of the equation , lets talk money :
Suppose you still haven't reached the thorium stage : How many mithrils/irons/copper/tin did you "waste" on BS when you could have sold ?
Heres a comfortable guess : ummm lets say 500 mithrils ? Good enough for you ? lets say 250 irons ? How about 500 coppers/tins inbetween , thats a pretty comfortable guess .
According to the median prices in Thottbot and Allakhazam (i wont mention my own server's prices due to variation) :-
1-Mithrils :500 mithrils= 25 stacks = 25x 3.5 G = 87.5 Gold.
2-Iron : 250 irons = 12.5 stacks = 12.5 x 2 G = 25 Gold .
3-Copper and Tin = too bored to check the exact prices but say 20 G (all of these are very generous estimations)
Solid stones + Heavy Stones + Coarse Stones + Rough Stones = say 100 G
So if you sell all of these (unlikely you'll farm more ) its about 225 approximately .
Now lets check the Blacksmithing option :
While doing a galore of quests in Tanaris , do yourself a favour and pass by the Gusting Vortexes spawn points to farm breath of wind , and keep an eye on lvl60s that get it as loot from Silithus .
By the time you get to be a weaponsmith, and spend all these bars mentioned above on lvling and suppose say .... you sell to vendor with maximum losses (just to make the farm/sell mats arguements stronger although green iron hauberk and a few other items are hot sellers): MAKE Phantom Blade , it sells for 40-45G on most servers , make 5 of these , forget Truelsilver Champion , Forget The Shatterer , Forget Blight and any other random drop , forget Heavy mithril armor , forget Ornate Mithril Armor (which is in demand) , JUST phantom blades , 5 of them , will get you your money's worth of all the bars you've wasted throughout your BS career .
I can go into exact numbers ..... but you get the picture .
Apart from the money , you get a reputation , if you're the highest BS in your guild the Warriors and Palas will kiss your *** for a weapon or an armor piece .
I'm talking Weaponsmith here , I don't know about Armoursmith .
I used to be like all the rest of the whiners , regretting I chose BS ...etc , and then when I became a Weaponsmith and realized that a lot of lvl60s were still carrying Truesilver champions and phantom Blades ...... a certain light bulb lit above my head . It took me 10-15 minutes everyday to get truesilver/star rubies/breath of wind for cheap from high lvl players and/or noobs . And right when i was about to give up on BS , I sold 4 phantom blades and 2 truesilver champions in auction (in addition to various other epic and uncommon gear) and my Gold reserve jumped to 300-350G overnight , i was lvl46 .
And thats just the beginning , Arcanite Reapers and CHampions add a whole new set of digits to your bank account , Imperial Armor Sets ....etc .
It's pretty simple really . Why is it then that most people complain about Blacksmithing ?
1-They suck .
2-They don't advertise themselves like they should (AH , Channel /2 , YELL if u have to / Guild members / Check people's armor and stuff as u see them in a boat ..etc ) after a while of yelling in IF about BS stuff , people started whispering me at random times asking me if i could make this or that ,they memorised my name and found it easier to whisper me than to look for a BS or wait for an item in AH.
3-They fell for the Hype : most common phrase (BS will never make items that compare to most drops ) Correct , but MOST drops are random and very rare , they're not that common to ruin a BS's career , specially at higher lvls .
Second most common phrase : Nobody's wants the stuff I make !! That's bull , you just never asked around enough , whenever i see people my lvl i check their armor and if i can make a piece better than the stuff they're wearing i think (ghee even if i double the vendor's buy price , this guy will still find it a good deal !!)
Now at lvl53 i still make green iron hauberks , and if i knew that they were in demand back then I would have become richer much sooner .
4-They fell for the other Hype : "nobody wants to buy BS stuff because it's not unique" ....... Actually , unless you're lvl60 with a very big ego (like mine lol)you'd just want something that cuts and slashes well enough ...... most BS weapons sell for much cheaper prices than drops of comparable stats .
Blight (43 DPS epic polearm , BS make) sell for 7-10 G on my server , comparable drops sell for 15-20 G , and so on.
Checking the threads on this forum almost ended my BS career before it began . Now I'm setting the record straight .
P.S : I just bought dark iron pulverizer plans and I've agreed on a percentage of profits from the higher lvl guys to get me dark iron bars for that weapon ....etc , be creative !
Edited, Wed Jul 6 00:41:28 2005 by NeoCzar