LW from 435 onwardFollow

I'm sitting at about 423 and until I have a ready supply of Frozen Orbs, I'm in no rush to push it any further. I've already made both of the rare pieces that were an upgrade for me (gloves and boots) and beyond that, I'm a ways away from tanking heroics on a regular basis and even my dps is not quite where I'd like it to make them my bread and butter.

I've got about 13 Arctic Fur in the bank and wrist augments are still orange for me. Most of my leather has come from cruising Sholazar near the Nessingwary camp and skinning the mountains of rhino/cat corpses people leave behind, but I'm still always running short.

I don't see too many patterns requiring 450 skill...I'm assuming those will be later on in the expansion or at the very least, will produce gear that I won't "need" for some time. My realm has already seen its first grand master leatherworker (when he links his recipe book in chat, it says, [Realm first! Grand Master Leatherworking]).

I'd say either set aside some serious time and skin what you need, or set aside leatherworking for a bit until the market cools down and prices are settled to more reasonable levels. Give it a month or two and then plot the route to 450...there will be a lot more information and it'll cost you a lot less.

Last I checked on AH< orbs were going 10-15g each so it's cheap compared to other mats needed to make 440+ LW skills. Arctic fur has been going 50g to 75g on AH depending on time of the day.

My LW is 449, I have made a few things for myself and given a few presents to friends for christmas. Its not too hard to go from 440-450, just make trollwoven spaulders and waistguard (or whatever your class specific awesomeness is) and whatever back armor you think would be best for your class. Thats 3 definite skill points, then just keep an eye on trade chat, every now and then someone will be looking for a leatherworker in Org or one of the other cities, I just answer every person that wants something crafted regardless of whether they want to tip or not. Now that I have a couple nice items I am not too worried about getting my last skillups.