| Gathering professions like mining are actually | | | | might be wondering if you need mining or maybe |
| supportive professions of crafting professions. All | | | | you think that you absolutely need mining to get |
| in all there is nothing that mining is good for | | | | the mats to make items or cut gems. I can tell |
| except for providing mats for crafting | | | | you from personal experience that you don't |
| professions. Crafting professions like engineering, | | | | need mining to level up your jewelcrafting. In fact |
| blacksmithing, and jewelcrafting all rely on mats | | | | if you don't use mining and instead buy all of your |
| collected while mining and that is what makes | | | | mats on the auction house you will save a lot of |
| mining such a valuable profession. | | | | time. Yes, you will have to spend some gold but it |
| Now although mining is a great profession to have | | | | isn't necessary to spend time farming. |
| to sell mats (as there is always a strong demand | | | | So in conclusion, while I like mining, I realize and |
| for them on the auction house) it isn't for | | | | know from experience that it isn't really |
| everyone. Mining is time consuming and you can't | | | | necessary to train and level up in order to do |
| just sit in a city and craft items and make gold, | | | | crafting professions like jewelcrafting. You can |
| you have to go out and farm it. Mining is a farm | | | | successfully and without much trouble, level up |
| for gold profession and it's really not for | | | | your jewelcrafting with nothing more than a bit of |
| everyone. | | | | gold and jewelcrafting itself. |
| If you have a profession like jewelcrafting you | | | | |