@ Dhalin I am a Blacksmith among other things but the grind is...Mind numbing to say the least and as you go up you need to buy more and more forms & gear which cost a ton of money. So that actually will LOSE me money not help me make it.
It is one of the best crafting schools though. That I agree with but Crafting = -Money not +Money. The best I could do with crafting would be to use Jeweler/Miner and go get gems and pawn them but the return for the amount of time and distance and possibly disk tele fees is not exactly mind blowing. Despite their downgrade the Trophy quests are still more efficient considering you often get a few extra things to sell even if they sell for practically nothing.