my profession is armorsmith. So I can't mine for ore? What about recipes? I see I can get a bronze ore recipe but it says tier level is higher than your own. So I should be able to mine ore shouldn't I?
Armorsmith is your main profession, what is your secondary ? To be able to mine for ore, you must choose to be a miner.
The recipes for a miner you get automatically but you need to make 100 copper ingots in tier 1, then you will unlock tier 2 recipes and you will be able to make bronze ingots.