Has anyone leveled blacksmithing just for boots, then dropped it?

[krick]

I'm actually considering picking up blacksmithing just to be able to make these BoP boots, then dropping it.  Am I insane?  What are the alternatives?

Boots of the Protector
Binds when picked up
Feet   Plate
1105 Armor
+48 Stamina
+22 Intellect
Durability 75 / 75
Requires Level 70
Equip: Increases defense rating by 26.
Equip: Increases your shield block rating by 17.
Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 27.


Red Havoc Boots
Binds when picked up
Feet   Plate
1105 Armor
+49 Stamina
Durability 75 / 75
Requires Level 70
Equip: Increases defense rating by 32.
Equip: Increases your shield block rating by 25.
Equip: Increases the block value of your shield by 30.
   

[Magic]

Tide-stomper's Greaves
Feet   Plate
1213 Armor
+56 Stamina
Red Socket
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +4 Stamina
Durability 75 / 75
Requires Level 70
Equip: Increases defense rating by 19.
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 29.
Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 30.

Boots of the Resilient
Feet   Plate
1105 Armor
+51 Stamina
Red Socket
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +4 Stamina
Durability 75 / 75
Requires Level 70
Equip: Increases defense rating by 25.
Equip: Increases your shield block rating by 25.

Battlescar Boots
Feet   Plate
997 Armor
+18 Strength
+28 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Socket Bonus: +3 Parry Rating
Durability 75 / 75
Requires Level 70
Equip: Increases defense rating by 23.
Equip: Increases your parry rating by 21.

Boots of the Protector are nice... but even the Karazhan ones have more stamina. If you can get your hands on any of these, then it's not worth leveling up blacksmithing just for those. And if you do level up blacksmithing for boots, get the Red Havoc ones.

[krick]

Boots of the Protector are nice... but even the Karazhan ones have more stamina. If you can get your hands on any of these, then it's not worth leveling up blacksmithing just for those. And if you do level up blacksmithing for boots, get the Red Havoc ones.

If I smoke enough crack to level blacksmithing to 375, you KNOW that I'll make BOTH BoP boots. 

[Garthas]

On my server (Kargath), a stack of copper is going for 3 gold each.   

You are either going to spend a LOT of time mining or a LOT of gold at the AH.  Either option seems painful.

[Bubblemyarseoff]

there are too many nice things to drop BSing after leveling it up.  Plus in the next XPac there will be even more goodies.  If you decide to level it, keep it.

[drew]

with the new boots u can get from heroic badges it would be a waste to level up BS just for them.

[david]

Apologies for ressurecting an ancient thread but would this work though?  I'm a smith with the boots but I was led to believe if you dropped smithing then you'd no longer be able to wear the bop boots as they are for Blacksmiths only?

[Bo]

Only one way to find out 

Dont know tbh 

[Jordan Pacheco]

It takes the Blacksmithing skill to make them, not wear them.  Take for instance the Primal Mooncloth set, if you make the items, then drop the skillyou lose the set bonus from tailoring.  You still keep the items and can still equip, but you lose the set.  In  this case you drop the skill that gave you the ability to create the boots.  As the boots are already bound to you with no prequalificaiton of the blacksmithing skill to actually wear the boots, you can still use them.  Sign here, here and here.

[krick]

It takes the Blacksmithing skill to make them, not wear them.

The Jewelcrafting trinkets are the same way.

There are people who powerlevel Jewelcrafting to get these and then drop it...

[Figurine - Empyrean Tortoise]
[Figurine - Crimson Serpent]

[Jeremy]

I've actually heard from a guildie who did that with Tailoring, and went to repair the items only to find out they couldn't.  With tankadins having huge repair bills constantly, I would get something from a blue or admin on the forums before I leveled bs and dropped.

[krick]

I've actually heard from a guildie who did that with Tailoring, and went to repair the items only to find out they couldn't.  With tankadins having huge repair bills constantly, I would get something from a blue or admin on the forums before I leveled bs and dropped.

With tailoring, most of the epic crafted tailoring sets require a specific tailoring specialization.  If you switch specializations, you'll end up with items that you can wear, but you can't repair.

If an item requires a profession skill or specialization to equip, it will say so in the tooltip.  The Boots of the Protector and Red Havok boots both bind when you create them, but don't have a profession requirement to use.

[Rick]

Now we're sort of on the subject.

Is it worth crafting those two epic jewelcrafting trinkets and use them together? I'm not sure how they match up to other trinkets available to someone at an early Kara level.

[steve]

Wotlk u are going to be able to socket your weapons.

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?spell=50465

All reports say you will only be able to do it to your own gear if you have blacksmithing. I have blacksmithing and have debated many times on dropping it for alchemy so I can get the philosopher's stone. Looks like I'm not going to now.

[krick]

Now we're sort of on the subject.

Is it worth crafting those two epic jewelcrafting trinkets and use them together? I'm not sure how they match up to other trinkets available to someone at an early Kara level.

The [Figurine - Empyrean Tortoise] and [Figurine - Crimson Serpent] are two of the best pally trinkets you can get for a VERY long time.  The Tortoise is almost identical to a trinket that drops from SSC, the [Scarab of Displacement], except that the Tortoise lasts longer and doesn't have the negative effect.  The stamina alone on the Serpent is almost as much as a Darkmoon card, but it also has intellect and an on-use spell damage effect with a low cooldown.

So, yeah, they are pretty awesome compared to anything you'll see before Kara and probably for some time after Kara as well.

[david]

Oh very interesting thanks - now I'm torn between dropping smithing and levelling engineering for the helm or keeping smithing hoping that the WotLK promises of sockets, shields and invulnerability for smiths are true...