Leveling Jewelcrafting is fucking expensive

So I just train a character from 0 to 300 in jewelcrafting, and it probably costed about 500g in materials, not counting the hours of mining metals I somehow haven't managed to stockpile enough of over the years I've been playing the game.

In short: Leveling JC is freaking expensive. Carefully consider the cost and reward first.

Unfortunately for me, I just wanted convenient access to a gem cutter. I think I could have bought all the gems I'd ever need cut instead...

I've got my epic flyer on my paladin, so farming ore / cutting gems has become really profitable for me. On an average day off I end up putting some 400g worth of stuf on the ah.

So I just train a character from 0 to 300 in jewelcrafting, and it probably costed about 500g in materials, not counting the hours of mining metals I somehow haven't managed to stockpile enough of over the years I've been playing the game. In short: Leveling JC is freaking expensive. Carefully consider the cost and reward first. Unfortunately for me, I just wanted convenient access to a gem cutter. I think I could have bought all the gems I'd ever need cut instead...

You can make 250g+ a day with dailies. Nothing in WoW is expensive.

Yeah, my Rogue is an Enchanter/Jewelcrafter. All kinds of expensive...

Enchanting is a freaking gold mine though. I never enchanted stuff, other than to level it. Disenchanting and selling the mats makes so much money.

Eh, I had to save most of my disenchanted mats for when I got new equipment on my characters. =P

So it's probably saved me a bunch of gold by now.

If you've never enchanted stuff except to level enchanting, you're stupid or low level. The enchanter-only ring enchants are cheap and useful.

I mostly levelled Enchanting because I know how much of a bitch it is to find an enchanter half the time. Too bad I can't enchant my other characters' gear, so my problem continues unabated.

If you've never enchanted stuff except to level enchanting, you're stupid or low level. The enchanter-only ring enchants are cheap and useful.

While that's literally what I meant, it isn't what I meant.

My point was that if you're planning on making money with enchanting, don't expect to do it by enchanting gear. Of course I enchanted my own gear occasionally.

And yes, I know that you can make money by enchanting for other people. However, when you factor in the time and money it takes you to get the recipes that make money, as well as the time you spend peddling your enchants, it's really not worth it compared to simply disenchanting and sticking mats on the AH.

Yeah, I didn't pick up enchanting to make money, I picked it up to help out guildies. The fact that I can occasionally make a few gold off it is just bonus.

I recently made a char and had mining on him cuz it is a really good way to make money at a low level. Now I might pick up enchanting if you say it is that good.