Don't unlearn your blacksmithing weapon specialzation
by Matthew Rossi 
Dec 4th 2008 at 6:00PM
You will be unable to learn a new one. In a bug first noticed by new DK's wanting to craft an epic to bring to Northrend with them and later confirmed by other characters, if you go to Winterspring to pick up a weaponsmithing specialization the three NPC's do not give it to you. As a swordsmith myself, I'm not willing to unlearn my profession to test it out, it does seem very strongly corroborated at this point.While this isn't a major issue to those of us at 80 as there are currently no top end weapons that require one of the three specializations, it not only prevents these leveling characters from making the epic weapons it could prevent a character who currently is an armorsmith from being able to trade specializations. It's certainly not the end of the world for most of us, just don't try and retrain until it's fixed, but it's got to be a bummer for the people who intended to have a fun new toy in Northrend and will instead be staring at a pile of mats they won't have any use for.
Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Bugs, Odds and ends, Leveling, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Frank Smith Dec 4th 2008 6:04PM
don't unlearn your engineering specialization eith... oh nvm.
Hard8 Dec 4th 2008 6:12PM
My Engineering Specialization is the one where you throw gold into a toilet till you reach 450 and realize
"there is no 'there' there"
Worcester Dec 4th 2008 8:05PM
Engineering has never been about making money. It's no different at 450 than it was at 375. If you're an Engineer, you do it because you're essentially a "dual class" character. You have abilities that no one else can have.
Yes, it's a gold sink. So what. It's fun!
Oh, and you can actually make decent money off Mechanical Squirrels, Mechanical Yeti, Deadly Blunderbuss (Horde), and the Bladed Pickaxe and Hammer Picks. I know, it's not much, but it helps.
Clint Dec 5th 2008 9:23AM
Engineers never put up the mechanical pets on the AH. Being just 2 pets from 50, I would pay 100-250G for them, but I just can't find an engineer with the mechanical pet patterns (squirrel excluded).
Maulgrym Dec 4th 2008 6:19PM
It has no effect on learning or trading between weaponsmith and armorsmith. I did just that a couple nights ago. It's only a bug in learning or relearning the weaponsmith specializations.
Tomarus Dec 4th 2008 6:22PM
You know, I tried to level my blacksmithing, I really did. But after spending 250g on mats to make 5 Thorium Axes, which were soulbound and sold for 3g, I said to hell with it and went back to gather/gather instead of gather/production.
SBKT Dec 4th 2008 6:45PM
Engineering is borked only if you decide to be an idiot and go for something you sholdn't *coughbloodsailcough* so it's really you borked, not the profession.
Vendrill Dec 4th 2008 6:46PM
Don't unlearn your Tailoring eithe... oh, wait... ya, you might as well.
Bootsanator Dec 5th 2008 6:45AM
tailoring specializations are still relevant because you still get double-procs off the cloth.
I switched from mooncloth to shadowcloth tonight because, as a healing priest, hilariously, now I'm better served making ebonweave because whenever i get a new cloak I'll be putting darkweave embroidery in it, and I have a tailor friend who's DPS and will be making moonshroud for lightweave embroidery. with our powers combined, we can churn out the Glacial Bags (22 slotters).
=)
Daku Dec 4th 2008 7:24PM
That's odd. A DK friend of mine has been wielding his fully upgraded Lionheart just fine for a week or so, now.
lessqqmoremewmew Dec 5th 2008 8:50AM
Judging from the thread, it's possible the specialision cannot be learned if you've trained Grand Master Blacksmithing. There's a similar problem with the SSO gathering daily where it's not available if you've gone beyond Master in your profession.
Strag Dec 4th 2008 8:36PM
My DK got his weaponsmith specializtion just fine. Perhaps these people are forgetting they have to do weaponsmith specialization(http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=5302 for horde and http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=5284 for alliance) *before* they pick swordsmith/axesmith/macesmith, which is the Winterspring npc's.
Tildy Dec 5th 2008 1:43AM
In beta, I unlearned weapon spec and switched successfully to armorsmith, but I never tried going back to weapon spec again.
Kalanchoe Dec 5th 2008 8:46AM
I am a weaponsmith, but have not been able to train Master Axesmith. This has been a bug for over a month. I am the correct level, and have done all things required to become a Master Axesmith. It's really quite frustrating that I can not craft those items, even if they are outdated.
Calminaion Dec 5th 2008 3:32AM
Here's a thought ... you know blue has stated that the BoP specialisation weapons are a thing of the past ... perhaps they've gone a step further and removed the axe/sword/mace specialisation as well, seeing as (at this time) there is no real need for it in the end game.
There are 2 or 3 weapons at level 78 or so which simply require you to be weaponsmith, but absolutely nothing in game that requires a further specialisation (aside from the level 70 stuff, ofc)
Just a thought.
Anyway, as soon as I no longer have any need for my Bloodmoon (around level 75ish), I'm going armoursmith ... I'll still be able to craft the Titansteel Destroyer, but I'll have access to 3 pieces of Armoursmith armour, which are all pretty decent, which makes weaponsmithing pale in comparison (at this stage, at least)
sharkeater75 Dec 5th 2008 6:47AM
as a tailor I went from moonshroud to ebon this xpack.
just had to go to shat to unlearn and learn.
dunno if BS is the same way, but for tailors its a) a waste unless they come out with something worht making b) easy to swap but about 150g a change.
MetasynMan Dec 5th 2008 10:36AM
I was able to get Master Axesmith just fine on my DK. He even had a Bloodmoon from level 68-75 before he settled on the De-raged Waraxe. I do recall, however, going straight to Winterspring upon meeting the BS level requirement and they wouldn't train me in a specialization. Then I found the right NPC back in Org to make me a weaponsmith first, and the Winterspring quests worked just fine after that. So I know it works, but it may be a byproduct of being a Grand Master or something like someone else posted.
Frank Smith Dec 6th 2008 1:53AM
you guys kind of all missed my point: you can't unlearn engineering specialization. you have to drop engineering completely and re-level the entire thing.
anyway... this has nearly nothing to do with the article so back to you, chuck :p