It is long and boring. Griding writs even the rush ones is NOT FUN - IT IS BORING. There are not that many quests to do. Even using XP potions it still takes a long time.
Losing the first time Bonus to me really hurt tradskills - it was a nerf and took a lot of the fun out of it. I wish they would put the first time Bonus back in instead of forcing people into WRITS - WRITS ARE NOT FUN. Even if they triple the xp they would still not be fun - they are A GRIND>