I'd say that if you are taking a craft to 50 you may as well take it to 70; you can craft stuff with it for sale or for your own use, if nothing else. Crafting is very profitable, if one tries.

That said, the post 60 skills are very good, but other than Manipulation 2, they don't actually fully *replace* anything. There are still times when you want to use HT and not HT2. There are still times you'll want to use RS instead of RS2.

And with the base success rate for most of the new moves, SH2 is still just as vital as it ever was.

You'll want all of the crafting classes leveled up. Its not necessary post 60 from a move perspective, no - but it pretty much is if you want to avoid having to buy refined materials from someone else.