Lets turn this necro bump into a biotch session. I'm 90 ww and 80 synergy and its all be a waste of gil. (unless you want to day in day out make chump change HQing ammo. use to be decent on Demon Arrows but lvl cap increase ................ Wood Working literaly gets the wooden "shaft". lol I been saving my money to push up smithing and/or gold.
1. Evolve with the times. Even if your craft doesn't immediately, and trust me it doesn't at times, you have to either evolve or be ready for the time it comes.
2. You speak of leveling up smithing or goldsmithing. Ask the goldsmithers who had leveled their craft to 100 years ago what they were making money off of just a year ago. They were contemplating jumping ship too. Its never gonna be always solid money the way SE works because they don't fully understand the markets they create.
3. Even if you did level up one of those crafts, you'd be one of many. More competition, lower the prices, make less for your investment of leveling it in the first place, and you'd *** about the lack of profits compared to investment. Keep in mind the "you" I use is a collective one, not bitching simply at you directly.
4. And let's all hope that SE doesn't listen to non-crafters for advice on crafted materials ;D As for you non-crafters....make your gil selling us the mats to make your stuff.