Professions were truly rewarding back in Vanilla. They produced worthwhile gear that often lasted a while. It is a shame that the modern game has gone away from leveling professions being difficult but resulting in high level rewards.
Personally I feel like Wrath was when this went truly down hill. Professions were still extremely worth while in TBC, but I feel the height of enjoyment from professions came during vanilla. Something about having 60 levels of content and so many interesting quests to do based on your profession choice was fulfilling. Also some class/profession combos were just iconic Rogue/Alch comes to mind.
they at least added other things to make professions have staying power, like BS getting the extra sockets, tailoring cloak enchants, etc.
now professions are just hot garbage.
I miss the old proffs. things made actually had a use, like resist gear. took time to make and felt good when you finally made them, devilsaur kiting anyone? lol miss that. all for 2 leather.
Professions are always fun when you craft epic gear out of it.
When I crafted robe of the void on my warlock I felt like I just got myself the big cheese which lasted me a very long time until I got bloodvine vest for pve, nemesis robes (and higher tier robes) for pvp
Using professions for PvP gets so annoying though… Those shadow reflectors and the net-o-matic trinket are a pain to deal with
I can see that wrath is where most things started to fall especially midway through it or was it 1/3 through wrath.
When they started adding min max crap to professions like sockets for blacksmith is probably the worst of what we got in wrath, instead of crafting great weapons like in bc it became gem sockets which was nothing but extra stats.
Engineering on the other hand was ok with rocket gloves.
Every expansion from cataclysm to now has been a downgrade and its the same thing over and over, alchemist trinket stone, engineer goggles, and items that can’t match raid gear when its current, yuck.
Bfa raid crafted gear and materials that you get are kinda useless not worth it.
Enchanting will probably be the hardest profession to level in classic because you will need a blacksmith to progress and have to meet special trainers in differen’t areas. At least at the start if everyone going to run secondary professions to sell ore to vendors and waste server resources.