Oh you want 4 tier 3 phials, and your providing zero mats? And you’re gonna pay me 60 gold for my 1500 worth of mats?
Such a great deal!
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They are just mirroring real life crafting orders no? 
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It’s just a sink designed to remove mats from the game, which in turn reduces supply, which increases costs, which increases the chance someone buys a token, which increases Blizzard’s revenue.
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Except no ones going to do these offers. At least not anyone outside of the .00001% try hards.
Hell the order im talking about doesnt even awarded knowledge or Artisan, so literally no one will do it.
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Sounds like you are approaching it the way I and other sane people approach it, and that is to just ignore it.
But we aren’t the target market for this system - it is for impatient idiots (e.g. instant gratification types), which is where Blizzard and a lot of companies make their highest margins.
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They give profession knowledge, the cost is already covered by that fact alone.
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Not every time. As in my current example, its only rewarding an augment rune, and a basic crafting reagent.
plenty of scammers in game, blizzard just went full troll mode designing the patron orders around them
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Then simply don’t fulfil that patron order. If it’s not worth it to you, then don’t complete it.
Better to have more choices for us to consider and be able to pick and choose what we want than just a small set of mandatory requests to fulfil our weekly.
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This is where you are wrong. Literally no one will do these. Its not a choice.
Some people might. Regardless, it doesn’t hurt you if they are just there unfulfilled so long as you have enough that are worth it to do your weekly, for which there are enough, at least for me there was on 4 different professions.
They are a source of knowledge, skill, and runes. They are not there to provide you with free money every few days.
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Every epic craft is 3 skill points. I have done every one and since Im gathering my own mats, the net cost is barely anything.
They are designed for skill, knowledge, acuity, and runes. If that isnt worth it, don’t do them. You’re lack of understanding of the purpose of a system does not mean it won’t be used nor that it is not worth it.
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I would rather craft a low commission no material item for an NPC then a player. At least I know my item is taken out of the game verse being resold on the Auction House for gold. That said, pick and choose the ones that give you the knowledge skill up or more Artisans Acuity. Heck the ones that give a +5, +10, +20 skill buff sell decently as well.
Personally, I miss the guy on the bench that gave us upwards of +150 Mettle. So, until I earn enough, I am being very stingy with my Artisans yet in Dragon Flight I end with 21,308 Mettle on my Alchemist alone.
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I sold one of those augment runes for close to 2k gold. Since I got a skill up it was worth the mat cost
anyone who crafts is the target for this system, its the main source of acuity and has a lot of knowledge attached
1600 of mats?
Meanwhile getting orders that’ll cost 30k+ to make
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I did that the other day, looking at Auction House prices of what it will cost me in materials to learn a first craft, was like 19k and it sells for about 1200 gold now.
This, and also the fact that some of them will provide partial mats, including Artisan’s Acuity, which is huge for first craft and the final few skill points.
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I still just do it on an alt because as an eng none of the orders are worth doing when I can just make orders for 1 bolt on an alt.
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