profession is useless while leveling, it would be more fun to use profession while leveling.
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I agree, it doesnât balance well at all, my enchanting and tailoring has fallen behind as Iâve leveled up.
I find my self backtracking into lower level dungeons soloing them to farm materials.
Iâve just returned to the game after an 8 year absence and Iâm astonished that this is still a problem in 2020, then game has always suffered from this issue.
Iâm also spending a fortune at the auction house to buy stuff to level up, Iâll see how Shadowlands goes, was thinking of getting rid of them TBH.
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Very very true, and one of the great shames on the devs.
If, of all words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are, âIt might have been,â
More sad are these we daily see:
âIt is, but hadnât ought to beâ.
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Current state of professions is basically âLevel up the most recent section of it, and farm up the others if you wantâ
I highly doubt that will change. The devs canât reasonably expect new players, returning players and alts to fully level up 900+ skill levels to take part in current content.
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Hey guys,
That is very interesting post because I was wondering whether I was the only person (I play on Medivh) thinking how weird the professions aged in wow.
I started to play somewhere at the beginning of the game and it was hard work to fully understand and use the craft and how to make money from it.
I came back online for a short time in 2016 after years of not playing and now back since a week.
Very confused about all the extensions pieces of professions, the way newer donât require older as long as you learn the good parts. And the question of âDo I really need to be at the top if I donât raid yet??â
If you have any advice or updates for someone like me who barely understand anything that came into wow since WoD. Call me!!
Nigi
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Well, professions are leveled and maintained for two main reasons, to complete a personâs transmog collection and for higher level gear that a non-raider or mythic runner would have no chance of getting. Also, there are some benefits such as some professions having craftable mounts and stat or socket upgrades for gear, etc. Due to the fact that newer xpacks do not allow flying until the pathfinder requirement is fulfilled, a lot of players are going back to older expansions for profession leveling or mats or to farm rep for particular mounts/gear.
Personally, I do it for the transmogs. I like some of the older gear aesthetics than the flashy glowy stuff.
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You are not. Plenty of us hate it. I am playing classic a lot atm, and really miss how proffessions works there, and even there they arenât perfect⌠just way better than on retail imo.
The âcraftâ was removed from World of Warcraft many expansions ago. The âWarâ has been removed too, now that everybody are bestest friends.
Blizzard has filed a patent for âHappy Elfland Lobby Adventureâ. CouldâŚthis be WoWâs new name?
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So true it makes me sad and laugh at the same time, yet Iâve just paid for another month after 4 years without playing.
Indeed 
It would be nice if professions gave crafted items that were better than quest greens and world drops.
Which might mean discarding the conventional concept of recipes and allowing the playerâs level to determine the output of crafting.
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