I recently decided to max out JC and see what it was like to focus on professions for a while and I realized that the public order tab is incredibly empty. Like there were five orders up on there with about a thousand gold commission each and they went hours there unfulfilled. Does my skill have anything to do with how many orders pop up or is it really that dead and unprofitable?
With cooking there seems to be another thing entirely. I’d like to supply Crit/Haste food on my AH but I’m seeing that the rare mat (Islefin Dorado) goes for a hundred+ gold while the food it makes goes for thirty-five gold. What’s the deal here? Am I really supposed to wander the Dragon Isles for hours to get maybe fifteen Dorado just so that I can make a thousand gold selling THEM on the AH instead of using fishing to actually make stuff?
I could make four times the amount of each of these professions getting lucky on one satchel of cooperation and selling the augment stones. Faster too.
Am I just missing something about how professions work or is it really this time intensive complex for such little return?
The orders available for Jewelcrafting have nothing to do with your skill level or even if you “know” the recipe. There are really just that few. Also, watch out for the orders people place without any materials or extremely low commissions on items that require extra materials like Illustrious Insight. In the main order screen there is a field that tells you if the person who placed the order provided materials. (All, Some, None)
As someone that has played since vanilla and had the same profession, and maxxed it every expac accept the last 2, its not worth it. They have nerfed ALL professions so hard and keep doing so without valid explanations.
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No one is getting rich off of public orders, you have to advertise in trade chat. Many people don’t want to do that because you have to haggle with people and explain to them about Artisan’s meddle and whatnot, but if you can stomach that there is a lot of gold to be made.
I think professions have never been more important. 9 out of my 16 gear slots are bis 447 crafted pieces, which my army of alts made. It takes the rng out of the vault, just take the tokens every week for the spark and combine it with the free spark you get to craft 1 piece of gear.