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Is it better to be a skinner/leather, miner/blacksmith to make your own goods or a skinner/miner, miner/herb to sell everything and make g to buy goods?
gathering skills will make u the most money over time than any other skill, that includes enchanting, minning + skinning can make u tons by just selling the things on the ah in stacks, i know a few lvl 40-60s who are skinning and mining and can make tons with just going out and getting a bunch of things from it and selling, the leather, hides, ore, stone, gems are allways wanted, so actually gathering skills are actually better than combination of both. but, if u want to be able to make ur own gear, depending on class, go minning/blacksmith or leather/skinning, just if u go two gathering, u should be able to make the money to buy what u want, if its in the ah
i think a combination of both is what you need.
you dont want just one method. what happens if somethign occurs to make that method not work as well anymore? a case would be all the people selling leather..if the price dropped a lot, would you still feel like the stack of 10 that used to sell for 75s is still OK to sell for 35s?
at the same time, with more money in the bank comes the ability to buy some preferred gear. in early LW, you may not make a leather item that has Stamina and Agility (of the monkey). but you might want that kind of gear even in the early teens or 20s.
(you can make some in the level 50s)
so making money, in some way, you have the option then to sell the stuff you collected or to buy the desired gear.
If done right, I believe a good crafter who puts time into it can make a lot of money. Even with two crafting skills, though that requires high level and many drop-only type recipies. It can be done though.
I also think it depends on the server population. If a new server with low level players, then I think the crafter can do well with many recipes because there are so many possible buyers. Gatherers can also do well because of the many crafters needing materials.
Once you get to an old server with everyone being 60, then I think it changes. Very few people need/want crafted items unless if it is a super rare recipe. Even then the materials are hard to get, though hopefully more of the rare materials are hitting the AH because of the many high level people now farming.
All in all, it really depends on the realm population and what everyone else is doing.
I also think it depends on the server population. If a new server with low level players, then I think the crafter can do well with many recipes because there are so many possible buyers. Gatherers can also do well because of the many crafters needing materials.
Once you get to an old server with everyone being 60, then I think it changes. Very few people need/want crafted items unless if it is a super rare recipe. Even then the materials are hard to get, though hopefully more of the rare materials are hitting the AH because of the many high level people now farming.
All in all, it really depends on the realm population and what everyone else is doing.
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