There will not be a Stormherald type weapon “high level crafter only”. There are however a fair number of epic crafted BoE weapons that smiths will be able to make in LK.

We didn’t like the vast number of people who felt they were required to be Blacksmiths in order to get a good weapon. Players [...]

Sharpening Stones and also Wizard Oils have been discontinued. While they were something nice to use once in a while for most people for many raid guilds they were simply another burden to the cost of raiding. They also caused some issues in that they only helped certain classes and took away some of the [...]

Ho Spooner!
Bill here again, and I took your advice on tanking professions…I went with blacksmithing and I’ve managed to get up to 360, where I’ve hit the oh so wonderful extreme end of the available recipes to max my skill at 375. Before I go and buy or start farming 70 primal fires and 100 [...]

Ho There Spooner!
I’m a HUGE fan of your site, and you’re my no. 1 stop for WoTLK news and info!
I know WoTLK is still in the beta, and so much can change before we finally see the retail version, but I have a question i’m hoping you might be able to help me with.
I’m a [...]

Let’s go down the list right quick since I know a lot of people are asking about this stuff. Here’s what we have so far regarding professions in WotLK. I will cover the most vague or undeveloped professions in this post and the more fleshed out professions in following posts.
Alchemy: There isn’t jack. It’s just [...]

Here’s what you’ve been waiting for all my fellow crafters out there. More detailed news on what’s going on with crafting in the expansion is hitting the deck and it all looks great so far. Anybody play Diablo 2? You were able to get an item socketed in that game (towards the end) and this [...]

This is about the ONLY time I wish I had kept my Blacksmithing and my Dragonstrike instead of taking up Leatherworking for bang beat drums and sexy armor kits.

All BOP Weapons have been changed and aren’t unique anymore! That’s a nice change alone, but if you took the time to read the 2.4.2 Patch Notes [...]

That’s right ladies! Make sure you’ve got clean undies on, there’s a new build on the PTRs and you can now buy Nether Vortex’s for 15 heroic badges and 7 gold. They also are not BOP anymore. This has RIDICULOUS implications. Blacksmiths who do nothing but PVP and arena and could not or chose not [...]