Got around to fixing the game-breaking bug I was experiencing with GW2...needed to update my graphics drivers, derp. Anywho, I've only been playing a couple of days (no more than four), and got my thief up from level 51 to 63, got him working with darksteel as a weaponsmith, and I have my jeweler lady making chunky, platinum jewelery in a single sitting...from only starting to work with gold.
Yes, I can make weapons out of a Magic: The Gathering reference, and jewelery that would leave all but the most hard-to-impress rappers speechless.
Suck it, Tyria!