I think it’s time for some new professions, and what better time than when you’re introducing a whole new feature with tons and tons of customization possibilities?
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Time for Lumberjack and Woodworking.
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I really hope that they revamp and integrate ‘archeology’ as a profession to discover furnishings and stuff for player housing. 
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Housekeeping! Can’t wait level up my mop (as opposed to leveling up …in MoP)
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I have enough busy-work maintaining existing professions on my alts; no need for more–just let housing be housing… find stuff/earn stuff, place it your house to “customize”, done.
Would love this to happen! I miss Archaeology being current and reading the lore.
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I don’t know that a new profession will be a thing. I hope they make deco recipes for all of the existing professions, though.
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Here is a very crazy idea… You don’t have to do it.
Yeah, there is definitely room for all of them to have a little something! But I would love to see one entirely focused on housing though.
Specially when they said housing will have its own team and roadmap… So they’re making it a core feature going forward.
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We need existing professions to be deleted. Collecting materials and making products is NPC behavior.
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They’d never be used. In have every profession, and Im very active crafting. How many toys have I been asked to craft this xpac? 0. How many rogue glyphs? 0. What’s the daily average sale rates across na realms for most toys? Under 100. How many dragon customizations did my scribe make last xpac? Maybe 1 every 3 weeks. People don’t buy them. They won’t buy the housing ones in any higher volume. Add an free recipes to existing profs, sure. But proofs focused on decorations just won’t make any sales at all.
To be relevant as an profession, you need to make consumables or top I’ll gear. Nothing else matters.
Yeah, great, then we can get tons more threads about people complaining about how the new professions are “too complicated” (because they can’t read tooltips) and “such a grind” (even though they’re not) and “need catch-up” (even though it’s easy and fast to make anything you want).
I don’t know. Having played FFXIV for several years … people there love their furniture.
Woodworking could be made a secondary profession.
As a primary, the only things they can logically make are bows, staffs, and wands.
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I would be totally cool with a logging and woodworking addition to the game. But the existing professions should also get a ton of housing recipes added to them also.
Surprised no one has called for maids. Yet.
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I think we should draw on some of the traditional professions from lore!
- Sandwichmaker
- Fetcher of Beverages
- Clotheswasher
- Cleaner of things not clothing
- Bedmaker
- Footwarmer
I bet we can think of more if we try!
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We have them…
LW to make couch and chairs
Smith for any thing metal, like a couch or chair frame
Inscription to make the deed
Tailored drapes and carpets
Enchanted sparkling floor mats
Use your imagination
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Leather and inscription already make those. So giving them to an new wood profession would hurt those. It would almost kill inscription. A new profession wouldn’t be viable, and one that comes at the cost of an existing one would be pointless.
I also think you greatly over estimate the impact housing will have. There’s an vocal minority who love it, but most people will never interact with it, much less spend an time of money and time kitting it out. It just won’t be an viable profession. Add them to existing professions and call it a day.
Inscription is already a pointless profession. We don’t need a new profession.
I don’t really want such professions so that customization remains accessible and not just about having tons of gold to blow.
So… just out of curiosity… why is it OK for you to start a whole thread in favor of this “new housing profession” idea, but it’s not OK for him to make a post opposed to it? Is his opinion less valid than yours or something?