Shadow:
You:
I was in a big raiding guild at the time though, so getting some of the high end materials and patterns/enchantments was a lot easier for me than a casual player.
Sounds like you agree with Shadow, not ranagrande.
Anyway, you are of course correct that crafters don't HAVE to lose money. Without serious guild support though, they do have to lose money if they want to progress at a reasonable rate. Materials quickly become so rare that you must buy some of them if you want to do anything in game besides farm mats. And the stuff you produce is never worth more than the mats, because every other crafter out there is trying to dump his stuff too. This isn't even taking into account the high end reagents, which are typically available only from vendors.
Anyway. It's possible to be a crafter who doesn't lose money, sure. It's not possible to be a USEFUL crafter who doesn't lose money, though. Sure you can toss stuff to lowbies (and that's fun), but if you want to help yourself or anyone else at your stage of progression, you'll be losing money.
Only top-tier crafters in raiding guilds actually make any money off of crafting professions like blacksmithing, enchanting, etc.
You:
I was in a big raiding guild at the time though, so getting some of the high end materials and patterns/enchantments was a lot easier for me than a casual player.
Sounds like you agree with Shadow, not ranagrande.
Anyway, you are of course correct that crafters don't HAVE to lose money. Without serious guild support though, they do have to lose money if they want to progress at a reasonable rate. Materials quickly become so rare that you must buy some of them if you want to do anything in game besides farm mats. And the stuff you produce is never worth more than the mats, because every other crafter out there is trying to dump his stuff too. This isn't even taking into account the high end reagents, which are typically available only from vendors.Anyway. It's possible to be a crafter who doesn't lose money, sure. It's not possible to be a USEFUL crafter who doesn't lose money, though. Sure you can toss stuff to lowbies (and that's fun), but if you want to help yourself or anyone else at your stage of progression, you'll be losing money.
A request for more WOW help (Help me making my alternates)
- 06/09/2010 02:25:39 AM
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Probably skinning/leatherworking on the Hunter and mining/blacksmithing on the Paladin.
- 06/09/2010 03:41:34 AM
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I am not disagreeing on having a DPS pet and a Tank pet
- 06/09/2010 03:57:41 AM
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Do the leatherworking
- 06/09/2010 06:54:13 AM
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Also Dwarf or Draenai paladin, and what talent tree for the paladin? *NM*
- 06/09/2010 04:02:59 AM
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The race really isn't going to matter that much for a paladin IMHO
- 06/09/2010 06:59:52 AM
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Re: A request for more WOW help (Help me making my alternates)
- 06/09/2010 02:41:04 PM
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IMO, ask on your server about gathering professions
- 06/09/2010 03:53:48 PM
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When it comes to professions: Gathering professions make money. Crafting professions lose them
- 06/09/2010 05:18:32 PM
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I have to disagree somewhat
- 06/09/2010 07:07:32 PM
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Indeed
- 06/09/2010 08:22:09 PM
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Uh... 
- 06/09/2010 10:24:42 PM
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- 06/09/2010 10:24:42 PM
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Yeah....I kinda sorta agree with both of them, as strange as that sounds.
- 07/09/2010 08:36:45 AM
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I understand the principle, so which would you advocate, with that logic?
- 07/09/2010 02:44:55 AM
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in your situation, I'd do:
- 07/09/2010 03:37:35 AM
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If you want to make gold, just level your main and forget alts
- 07/09/2010 06:46:18 AM
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Wolves are the highest dps pet in the game though, thanks to Howl *NM*
- 07/09/2010 07:46:14 AM
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if he enjoys BM, there's no reason he needs to switch to marksman.
- 07/09/2010 12:07:33 PM
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*NM*