Quote Originally Posted by blowfin View Post
Well, no profit at all, or a loss is probably more accurate. However that does raise an interesting point. Why should new players be expected to level up through the crafting system when its clear theres no market demand for most low and mid level gear apart for a single use on yourself?

Either way, another nail in the coffin for crafting being a good solution.
Most people i know who took up crafting didn't do it until they had a good high-farming job. Because its incredibly expensive and slow.

So even in a perfect world, Crafting as a Solution for new players is flawed. The Gil/items required for such things would be near unobtainable for new players. Really I think when people bring up leveling the craft to make the armor as a solution its insulting to new players. When i bet 99% of the people suggesting that probably didn't even know what crafting was until they were ~30+ >___>