Guild Wars 2

Hey, what do you guys recommend for a thief to have for crafting professions? At first I started as a leatherworker/huntsman so I could create my own armor and weapons. Later on though I decided that I wanted to start make money and I heard from other people that chef was the way to go so I switched huntsman for chef but it looks like I am spending more money than I am making.

Should I just go back to leatherworker/huntsman or what other professions should I try for making my own equipment and make a decent amount of money?

My own personal opinion would be Jewelcrafting you can zoom round the map on an Ori run so fast its funny. Never bothered by mobs because you can stealth all the time.

Second proffesion would probably be cooking for buffs, never made vast amounts of money off it directly but extra power / prec should theoretically lead to better drops because you do more damage and faster, alternately you could make MF food to sell / use.

You can make money at any craft, even as you level up. You can level up your craft enough to make yourself rare (yellow) armor that’s good for your level, too. Blue or green armor, weapons, and jewelry is better just bought, though.

Takes some effort and thought, but it’s possible in all the crafts, except possibly cooking. I’ve been able to make money crafting up in all the crafts, and have everything but cooking at 400.

For the time spent, it’s not as profitable as running level 80 dungeons or farming, but if you’re level 20, it’s great money.

That’s the TL;DR. If you want to know more, find my posts/replies on the subject.

For thief? Figure out what Legendary you might like, and train up the two crafts that it will require. Or go for two of Leatherworking, Weaponsmith, Huntsman, and Jewelcrafting so that you can supply some of your own rare equipment.