Leveling crafting whilst leveling DoW/DoM classes

[Eye_Gore]

If you are going to go ARM, even though ores seem cheap it will eat up a ton, especially if you need HQ items. Mining would be a good way to go, then you can get HQ ores. Also you will need a ton of ice shards for ARM, so again mining, as shards are getting real expensive. As for LTW, yes alot of ARM recipes need leather, which is why I did all 3 classes.

When you get higher level the guild quests that come up every 5 levels will require you to craft HQ items, and those mats can cost a ton on the market board. For me it was just easier having all 3 classes. I saved a ton of money and made even more.

Also some recipes require fish items. Which when I cam to one I needed 1 piece of white coral. The market boards had a ton of them, but all I could find were stacks of 99 for over 6 figures. White Coral was only a level 5 item for fishing, so I took up fishing. But then again, you can sell the fish items on the board and make even more money.

Each class at some point will require an item from another class and its only available through that class and not from any NPC. Just need to decide if its worth leveling that class to get the items, or buy them.

[HEC]

Leveling a single craft class without support of other classes (gathering as well as crafting) is fairly hard and IMO not worth the effort if you don't have time or really enjoy it. The higher you'll get the more difficult it gets and not only due to the dependence of the gathered mats and crafted parts from other classes but also due to the need of the cross-class skills to be able to craft the high level recipies. I've actually fully leveled all my DoHs and DoLs prior reaching 50 at my first DoM / DoW class as I've really enjoyed it so much but that might not be the case for you as it's pretty time consuming but the resulting independence and self-suffiency is great - especially now with improved self repair system.

[Wulfyn]

You will have leve quests ( of course you would have to have done the battlecraft ones first) and guild quests from a npc in the adventurers guilds to help with leveling.

[Kydi]

Thanks everyone. Looks like I'll level my THM whilst gathering skins for leatherwork and mining then.

[Urthdigger]

Honestly, if you're going to craft as you level, you'll want to level all DoH/DoL together. You can share gear between all crafters and between all gatherers, and having them all together means not really having to purchase things off the market boards. I also highly recommend having a battle retainer and fishing retainer, as those are the hardest to get items for reliably.