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Very true..

I really wanted to stockpile loads of ore before the expansion came out, cuz I heard the jewelcrafting prof was going to need it for prospecting. I had a bunch saved up, but my friend wanted to learn mining, so I went ahead and let him smelt it all. STUPID!! I heard stacks of ore were going for like 20-80g. And that's just copper.

If the new expansion has a new profession, I'd try to think about what would be needed for it, and stockpile that. If not, yeah, I agree, stockpiling CR stuff isn't going to help, since most of the gear out there will probably be a heck of a lot better than the gear that exists now.