Is crafting worth it?

Is crater a valid profession if I am not going to purchase virtues and thus cannot use or sell epic weapons? If like I am starting to believe it is a bad profession choice, is there any way to change profession without restarting and losing all of the effort that I have put into this character?

Thanks,
paslasks

Please don't post the same questions in two different topic areas.

Sorry about that. Feel free to delete it, I would do it myself, but cannot figure out how to.