All three gear creation professions take a lot more effort than provisioning, alchemy and enchanting. Blacksmithing is actually easier than clothier or woodworking, though, because you can make a lot more things.

Provisioning goes up ridiculously fast, yes

I've found that as a heavy armor wearing melee type, if I replace all my armor and weapons every two levels, and deconstruct everything I find that I'm not using, blacksmithing levels at the rate I need it to, which is to say I can add a material skill point when I get to the next tier of materials in the world.

Ok thanks. I do deconstruct all the items I don't use and research them if I can. My character type is the same as yours srikandi but I find that woodworking goes up quicker but I see your point. I had a go at creating the best items I could even though I wouldn't be able to wear them and that put it up a bit more. Also I am still only using iron so you may not get much xp from that.

Ok thanks

I found that you get the same amount of xp for making a iron dagger (228) as you do for a chestpiece with and enchantment. Both were the max level I could make them. Then for a maple bow max level (level 14) I got 400 and something xp. So I think you do get less for black smithing skills

Yeah I'm thinking the same. Hopefully it will be fixed to level quicker.

If you think about it blacksmithing being slower makes sense. Someone wanting to use medium armour and a bow needs woodwork and clothier. A heavy armour greatsword tank needs just blacksmith to make all his gear. So i think it should be a little slower.

Clothing levels faster because you deconstruct light and medium armor. This means youl be deconstructing more stuff in general than with blacksmithing and getting 2 different types of maths to level it. If you wear medium for example you can just trash craft all light armor.

tip though. Dont deconstruct your own crafts, trade them with someone else whose doing the same thing. Youl get more xp and mats!

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A small dmg increase yes but nothing to get excited about lol

It is the difference between good and bad damage. If you intend on doing any damage at all, you should be equipping the appropriate armour; for physical damage it is medium armour (several pieces at least).

For me yes and no, I resently got paired with a guildie for blacksmithing and we both went at it are own to level

But since we paired up ( he researches armor traits and I research weapon traits ) and thanks to destroying each others crafter whites, this will be a lot easier to level.

All I need now is more sp...

Blacksmithing does seem to level more slowly than other crafting skills. So far I've been able to grind my smithing up to lvl 8 and that's by blowing through all the mats I've been finding myself as well as those being dumped over to me by a friend that I'm playing with. Been crafting myself a new armor set and weapon every 2 levels, plus researching or deconstructing anything else and grinding out a ton of stuff to deconstruct with all my excess iron. Woodworking on the other hand, I've gotten up to level 11 by crafting myself 3 shields, then deconstructing all the bows, staves and shields I've been picking up, without doing the same kind of construct/deconstruct grind I've had to do in smithing.

I'm not really complaining though, I like the fact that its kind of grindy, I get more of a sense of accomplishment when I get a level. So I'll agree that other skills should be slowed down, Provisioning in particular. There are WAY too many provisioning materials available in all the containers scattered around the world, it's far too easy to grind out levels with the excessive amount of materials you can find. If I found even a quarter of the amount of iron ore in containers as I do food stuff, I'd have probably double the smithing levels I have now.