I think that people who play ipod games are more casual anyways. If someone's hardcore, they're more likely to spend their time on a full mmorpg, not a pocket version. I guess I just don't really see the point of professions, other than maybe first aid and some of the crafters. One of the issues is is that if professions were introduced, the developers would have to rework all the current maps so that there are herbs or whatever to interact with. Someone mentioned that there will be water in the future, and that because of that there must be fishing... I live in the woods, but just because there are trees doesn't make me a lumberjack haha. Even in the game world, just having water is cool, whether you swim in it or not. I don't think that professionals will make this game much better in a marketable sense, the simplicity is what's selling right now; I mean, that's what the ipod and ipad are based on: simplicity.

I say nay.

EDIT: Banned, that comment FTW---^