You have to take into account that the mining spot was made partly FOR blacksmith in the first place. I'm pretty sure it helps them more than it render their skill useless. Mining is for every class, but who needs ores the most?
Steel is still very much in demand and some people will craft them. Iron drops so much from firelock and not many people craft iron, but it's the same on most server so that doesn't have anything to do with mining.
One thing for sure, I am not playing in the skill code. If anything is added it will be a npc (usable only by blacksmith).
Still working on some sort of formula:
((BaseDex+BaseLuk)/3)+(Joblevel/5)+Enchanted Stone Craft skill level + Steel Tempering skill level + Iron Tempering skill level + Research Oridecon skill level.
So a blacksmith job 50 with 90 dex and 90 luk with the 4 skills max would have a 60+10+20=90% chance.
While a whitesmith 99 fully crafting oriented, job 70 would have 66+14+20=100% chance.
