Invest in the Manufacturing Sector
The crux of Reaper of Souls may be the never-ending quest for better gear but sometimes the gods don’t smile upon you. No-one wants to be walking around in a full set of level 55 armour with level 23 shoes. That’s like wearing a $1300 dollar suit with those little plastic bag things you put on over your shoes at the pool. To fill in those little gaps you can go to meet Haedrig (the aforementioned Blacksmith) who will happily make some armour just for you. Like any business though he, along with his crafting buddies Covetous Shen the Jewelcrafter and Myriam the Mystic, needs some capital. It’s up to you to give them that cash.
There’s no reason really not to invest in these crafting merchants. Very rarely, even when putting every single coin of gold into training them, do you actually need any money. Vendors rarely sell anything worthwhile. The most important reason for investing any gold you have though is simple. Crafting progress is cross-character.
What this means is if you push the blacksmithing, enchanting and jewelcrafting capabilities available to one character, all of your future ones will be able to take the same benefits. Well, except from the Hardcore characters (who are totally contained within their own bubble) but as a beginner that’s probably not the best avenue to be looking down quite yet.
