I was going to try to get up brewing to 248 or whatever max is for 9th ring quest on my monk with 79 intelligence - I gave up at 152 and despised working on the skill. I'd have to swap out bags, move items out of my bank to traders, and take forever to get a skill up.
Then I started working on tradeskills on my wizard (255 int) and saw it was a lot easier. I maxed brewing (one of the more straightforward but carpel tunnel inducing trade skills) in a few days.
Since then I've gotten JC up, have three characters who have done the coldain prayer shawl quests (mostly a crafting skill check) and five characters who have 9th or 10th ring (requires some skillups). For druid/enchanter/wiz I made sure to have 255 int or wis. For other classes I made sure to pick up some cheap +INT items to make the journey smoother. If you're only trying to get a skill to 80 or just make a couple throwing javelins - not really a need. If you're trying to skill things up to mid 100's or beyond, it's def. worth it.
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