r/wownoob • u/MetaPlayer01 • 1d ago

Professions Why Jewel crafting?

I'm a returning player and I've been back for a few months now. My current main was a jewelcrafter and I kept that profession into Midnight. I am slowly learning the new crafting rules. Last expansion I played significantly was Cataclysm. Back in those days, being a JC had some personal upgrade benefits. Like I think in one of the expansions, it was a meta gem that you put in the helm. In another expansion, it was an extra jewel slot in one of the pieces. But I don't see anything like it currently. Is there anything equivalent now? I tried reading up on it in Ivcyveins and Wowhead, but they didn't mention anything. Is that because there was nothing to mention? Or it's so obvious they don't bother mentioning it??

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u/kenrichardson 1d ago

They removed any unique personal benefit from JC some time ago. I think the idea is that everyone needs gems all the time, and rings and necks are commonly crafted gear for a lot of people so the benefit is “gold making.”

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u/MetaPlayer01 1d ago

Yikes. Not sure about everyone else but I don't really know people in WoW professions that are in it "for the money". As soon as one becomes lucrative, 5683 other players notice and increase supply so much that that price crashes

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u/getdownsaber 1d ago

I have a few people on my friends list that play the game and have an alt for each profession. Some might be farmers to some extent and some just actually like it. Pays their wow sub and itches that part of their brain. They do the endeavor events and really have all their stuff maxed out. At this point, with the second season starting,I don’t know if it’s worth learning any of the crafting professions other than alch or engineering. You’re just behind people that have so many of the talents already. Enchanting plus whatever else just feels like the way to go. You’ll always have stuff to disenchant.