Crafting Viability

[simsiim]

I’ll need to do this in a story, not sure I could break it down for some of you to relate what I was trying to say, So advance Apologies for the long post

I have went into the crafting differently then what I am reading what most of you are doing. But I had only 3000pp to play with, so I have been using the LamaDDOstore for my Mats.
I have been saving what I get from chest , since those are unbound mats, I actually been keeping those in my other bag (that I had before the gargantuan Bag). So just been using the Store bought Mats. Glad some and most are doing the decon way of evaluating (I just couldn’t afford it) So in a sense my perspective is a low-level poor new player, or someone that can spend the $ on TP.

At first I just charged right in, not really taking too much time understanding and looking ahead. I glanced what levels I would need to craft what, and just went to leveling up. After about 4500 lama TP was spent, I noticed this was way to expensive, even for Store bought. And my levels of Crafting was still too low to craft what I wanted to do, so then I went to focusing on remaking some good low level so now I glanced at some of my better weapons, and then looked at the crafting to see what levels of Arcane, Divine, and Element needed to be at. I was shocked. I did a couple test craft to see what level the weapons would come out as, again I was shocked. The Random really cool drop I got or bought from the AH was much lower level required. There was no way I could see I could replicate that same weapon, for the same level and build it as being that level.

After the April 8th (4/8) update, there was actually one craft I had not leveled up yet, so it was a clean craft to test the cost of leveling up. The 4/8 update lowered the cost, what cost me 4500 Lama TP now only cost me 800 lama TP, but then again I was going risky this time. My first runs at being risky leveling up did not pay off, and leveling up safe is way more expensive. So in a way I’m not sure if it was me just being risky or if it was the 4/8 update, or a combination of the 2.

Crafting will not be for the New character/player, the cost is too high I would say time consuming too, but some players that is not an issue, and may actually be their thing. Mew Characters/Players will be best saving up crafting materials or selling them on the AH.
Not every thing will be Bound, since there will be unbound devices too, so a new character/player could just save up the materials, and find them a craftsman. So crafting in the game will be there, just some will choose not to go that route and just pay others to craft for them.
For me, I want to be a craftsman, but don’t see I’ll be able to afford to be such, not right away that is, So guess I’ll be looking for a craftsman if I really feel I need a + such-n-such made.

Do I think crafting is Viable ?, it will be, and very expensive to getting it there fast

Not sure about some of it tho, like I mentioned, the cost to level up craft just to make the same level 4 Pure good weapon is way too high
for a capped Craftsman for hire, the cost is no longer theirs

( I wanted to write more but need to leave to take care of somethings, in other words, RL calls)