We need better profession catch up mechanics

Engineers also make crafted braces that can have engineer tinkers even if the wearer isnā€™t an engineer.

I think ilvl 636 wrists with a battle rez are useful.

Iā€™m just behind on knowledge points. Iā€™m filling out the transmutation tree.

So?

What impact does that have?

So lacking a few points you get slightly less garbage from transmuting? Okay. How is that a problem, again?

Okay, I see youā€™re just here to argue.

that would definitely require being able to level the profession high enough to get the pattern to do that.

Iā€™m here to point out when people are just whining about things that donā€™t matter, for no reason.

Okay. How longā€™s that gonna take? 3 weeks? Less?

I doubt it considering I havenā€™t been able to max out engineering since Legion. They keep wanting me to run out and do more crap to get more recipes and then I have to go farm the materials for it and unfortunately, most of the high-end stuff usually calls for a special kind of material thatā€™s very rare and few and far between. And then when you have to craft X amount to actually get the highest quality one I need X amount of rare crafting quality material to do that which means gathering more material and making more of the basic version. To be honest, I canā€™t even be asked. I have all the important crap I need from engineering thanks to the first five expansions. The rest of them can just burn in a blaze of glory.

It does matter to me. It matters to everyone trying to catch up.

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You donā€™t have to max out anything.

You can get anything you want in 2-3 weeks.

Filling out the entire tree is pointless. I didnā€™t fill out any of the trees in Dragonflight and donā€™t plan to fill out any trees this expansion. I can still make anything I want, for myself or others.

In fact, itā€™s EASIER to do so in TWW than in Dragonflight, due to Concentration.

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Catch up to whom? The people youā€™re trying to ā€œcatch upā€ to ARENā€™T EVEN DOING PATRON ORDERS ANYMORE because they already have all the points theyā€™ll ever need.

I appreciate the sentiment and the advice, but I just donā€™t have it in me anymore to deal with professions. I make sure I take mining and engineering and level them to wherever they need to be to use all the really cool toys and then I leave it all alone. Plus, letā€™s face it if player housing is a bust and the expansion doesnā€™t get any better. this will probably be the last one for me before I finally leave the game after what will then be 20 years.

As someone who has master of all in most expansions, I have been a profession lover since TBC and itā€™s been one of the things I love most about WoW - but coming back after leaving during SL, this new system seems really confusing.

Iā€™ve been back a week and it seems overwhelming to max all my characters professions as I used to and the truth is I still donā€™t have a deep understanding of it.

Iā€™d suggest doing the tutorial quests in Dragonflight. Look for Thomas Bright at the Ruby Life Pools in Waking Shores.

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geez I just got told by someone on here 2 days ago they started late and caught up in no time.

It is a lot less costly to get knowledge points now so you really arenā€™t that far behind most others because people couldnā€™t afford to do all the patron orders for months. I still donā€™t do most, especially blacksmith

I have no idea what you are talking about - you only get points for a first time craft of any recipes regardless of rank produced. You donā€™t get more points for producing recipes at each different rank.

Why is it that people with tens of thousands of posts more often than not come across as complete jerks? Does it give you some kind of dopamine hit to belittle others and dismiss their concerns like this? Seriously, you good? If youā€™re working through something, do you need help? If you are goodā€¦ and thatā€™s unlikely based on your repliesā€¦ maybe try treating people with a bit more respect. Just a thought.

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Iā€™m just tired of people whining about what victims they are, when theyā€™re nothing of the sort, because it just encourages similar defeatist behavior from others.

So you donā€™t have as many KP as you could. Neither do most people, because they stop bothering with them a couple weeks after starting. Youā€™ll be fine.

So why reply? If youā€™re ā€œtired of itā€ why give it the time of day? You knew EXACTLY what type of post this was going to be by the titleā€¦ youā€™re tired of this type of postā€¦ yet here you are.

Stop being a jerk, itā€™s a simple as that. Do better.

So that people who arenā€™t the OP know that they donā€™t have to give up on professions just because ā€œsomebody elseā€ has a couple more knowledge points than them.

Itā€™s a public service announcement for everyone else. Thatā€™s how you fight disinformation. You point out when people are full of it.

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