128010-questions-about-crafting-in-wildstar

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Hi.
In every MMO I really enjoy crafting and almost in every I played so far there always were cfrafts that you could make some money and craft some decent armors/weapons before raiding (some were even on par with raiding gear).
And I wonder how this looks in WS. Its possible to make some gold from crafting professions or people dont buy anything? If not for money can I get something decent for warrior from weaponsmithing/armorer or from tailoring for esper? Or its waste of time and better go double gathering or maybe the one that make potions/elixirs (forgot the name)? 
 
Any tips on crafting for someone new to the game? 	
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Do technologist/relic hunter.
 
You can make raid quality gear from crafting, but the recipes and mats drop from the raid. 	
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When I have a character hit 50 I run to the AH and buy a set of crafted gear.  Most pieces I buy (Epochos and Adventus) belong to the Expert Research Tier but I've found in some cases that Expert level pieces (eg. Galactic Weave III) had superior stats. 
 
I don't know how profitable those are.  Unfortunately one of the prerequisites for Expert Research is a character level 50.  Out of my three 50's the only one that advanced their crafting enough is an Architect.	
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Don't bother crafting on your first character until you hit 50. The speed of leveling, scarcity and cost of mats and quality and quantity of drops would make this futile. On your alts you can start thinking about crafting as your 50 can provide gold and mats. I have found crafting to be useful on my 50s for alts I'm leveling. Drops are ok to level in, but a set of level-appropriate blues does make a noticeable difference.
 
A few crafted items will last you a long while, but that's too varied a list to cover here.
 
I haven't checked much on market for crafted items. Consumables sell pretty well, but everything else, like armor, weapons, gadgets seem to be in ample supply on the AH, and it's hard to see any profit margins.
 
So: item craft for your alts, guildies, and if you want to be friendly, send some lowbie you run across a set of gear. It'll at least get you a nice thank you email. Consumables will sell, but you have to keep on top of market, and you guild will likely need them, too.	
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