139017-new-player-curious-about-tradeskills

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Hi, I was trying to find info about tradeskills and what I should pick on my stalker but everything I was finding was so negative despite that my initial impression of the crafting system was that it was very neat.  People were saying crafters couldn't make anything people needed for endgame so they had no market for goods and that crafting was a waste of time and money.  I don't know how old or valid anything I read was so if it was even ever true, is crafting valuable now or does it have any known plans to be reworked if it isnt?  Should I just level my gathering skills and not bother with the others in the current state of the game?
 
Concerning crafting skills, if they do matter then I will need to know what tradeskills are going to do for me to hlep me decide what to focus on so any extra info would be great.  Stuff I want in a tradeskill would be the ability to make me money, endgame gear and gear that would help me most leveling up(stalker) on a pvp server..   Assuming outfitter>tech>weaponsmith for that last part about leveling but idk.	
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			You can make ilvl 90 stuff afaik, and it works until GA/DS gear.	
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the only 2 tradeskills that still matter when you get to raid lvl are architects and technologists. You can in theory take Survivelist and Relic hunter as you lvl build up resources up the wazoo and then switch to those 2 professions.
 
It may take some cash to start up but once you can make 100 boosts/pots and then make a profit on them from the cx (after buying the mats from the cx too) you will be golden	
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Never in the history of MMOs has leveling a trade skill at the same time as playing the game worked.  You will always do 1 too slow to keep up with the other. 
 
That aside. Dont bother.... Weapons accessories and armour all drop from Instances or raids or are bought with currency earned from them. No crafted gear is as good until you reach Raid level and by then its arguably worth it put its a huge investment and access to the raw materials is only through raids or purchased for alot of plat. 
 
The only money comes from consumables, 
 
There is always somone in your guild that will and can already make exactly what you want, should you need something not given to you by just playing the game...
 
The hay days of crafting in WStar are way gone by about 4 months now.... 	
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