Crafting Vs Identifying, Which Is More Worth Early?

Making my own weapons and armor with all the resources being thrown at me is very appealing to me however I'm wondering if crafting is more intended for late game/end game. Aside from the durability, it seems like items that need to be identified esp. Legendary and rare items are much better than anything that I have access to as well as the low chance to refine materials into the third tier quality to craft the best possible weapons/armor possible. Am i wasting my time spending it gathering raw materials and ingredients when i should just be killing mobs and doing quests?

 

It honestly depends on your preference. With crafted items you can create some crazy stuff that you can't get otherwise. Want a 12% walkspeed ring at level 2o? You can craft that! (although it might run out of durability fast)

The downside is that as you progress, leveling up professions takes longer and longer. You need to level up professions, get good materials, and rely on RNG more than usual. Whereas anyone can just identify items as long as they manage to find them.

 

So there isn't a real point where the base stats and ingredients ever outshine the crafted ones? I really like the idea of being able to control what bonuses can go onto a particular and tbh i dont mind the resource grinding but the durability is super annoying.

 

There is, but it's pretty late in the game and it requires a bunch of grinding. Although at endgame, you can get some really, really good crafted items.

 

Hi !
You advise me to up my level and my professions at the same time ? Because I always have to repair my crafted stuff instead of identify one ? I mean, wich lvl crafting start begin interesting ?