Sometimes I actually love Twitter for how it can bring the players and the developers together in a more immediate way. Case in point, this tweet from Ghostcrawler. When asked about crafting professions falling behind as the expansion progressed, the answer was clear and unambiguous that Blizzard agrees it's a problem.

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@JakeSteel423 Yes, but no immediate announcements. We agree it's a problem.

- Greg Street (@Ghostcrawler) August 23, 2013

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While it's light on specifics I'm glad to see they get the problem. At this point I'm only keeping blacksmithing for the extra sockets, and I know a lot of JC's who were mighty disappointed when they found out there would be no epic gems this time around. Maybe a return to BC style scaling items is in order? Maybe not. Making my original Lionheart Blade was a pain.

Tags: Crafting, Ghostcrawler, Leveling, not-an-announcement, Professions, Twitter

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