Quote Originally Posted by MistakeNot View Post
Also, though crafted gear is usually not the very best gear available (with exceptions - there have been periods when pentamelded crafted gear have been BiS), the best crafted gear is good enough to get you through all the available content.
That said, the very best gear shouldn't be crafted gear. That would just remove any need to run all those raids in the first place.

As for not being able to craft any fishing lures for Norvrandt, I'd attribute that to the overall lack of relevance for fishing in general. As time has passed, fewer and fewer of the fish one can catch are actually useful for anything. Even fishes whose description state they are a staple food for certain population usually can't be used for crafting.
You lack fantasy girl, seriously. Why can't you have loot that is needed for crafting the BiS? Add some hard to gather stuff and DoW, DoM, DoL and DoH all get their fair share of the game-play, and rewards.

As for fishiong, DoM and DoW still buy food, for buffs, and some of those needs fish. The thing is that every thing you really need, whatever you do in this game, is only available through scrips, tomestones, marks or whatever.