Mr. Matsui

[FrankReynolds]

I mentioned them to respond to YOUR question, so please stop being facetious.

Anyway, the scarcity of stuff like Pamun and Sharur probably has more to do with the fact that few people play or gear NIN anymore, likewise DD WHM or Club DD PLD. RNG's niche lately is the Delve Bee, and for that event RNGs are still using Annihilators for lower enmity damage. Your Echidna's information may not be accurate anyway. In July, 8 Echidna's have been sold on the AH on my server alone since it relies on a Meeble Burrows mat. One is in a bazaar right now for 12M.

In the end, it doesn't matter how many of them exist. It only matters that people know about them as an alternative, and that they are at least obtainable with a modicum of effort. Which relates back to my earlier response to Demon. The boss mats are flooding the AH at 5M or under, so those aren't the problem. The only scarce materials are the Ormolu Ingots and Scarletite Ingots, and some of the synths don't require those (mostly the mage stuff like Balsam Staff and Atinian Staff).

Interestingly, AH.com reports something like ~300 Senbaak Nagans owned across all servers. That takes Scarletite Ingots, so obviously they ARE being generated with a degree of regularity. People are making the crafted weapons. They are just making particular ones, and it looks like it corresponds to the popularity of the respective job.

Look, I know that I'm being somewhat of a smart ass, but the reality is that these items are crafted with boss drops and as such are extremely rare. As you pointed out, hundreds of GS have been made. That's because they are for the popular jobs. Hopefully this update will allow people to procure enough materials to stop focusing on the GS only and start actually making stuff for less popular jobs.

[Daemon]

Look, I know that I'm being somewhat of a smart ass, but the reality is that these items are crafted with boss drops and as such are extremely rare. As you pointed out, hundreds of GS have been made. That's because they are for the popular jobs. Hopefully this update will allow people to procure enough materials to stop focusing on the GS only and start actually making stuff for less popular jobs.

For a couple of weeks now I'm sitting with the materials to make Artinian staff and had no luck finding a crafter. I still want to know how do you trust a complete stranger with millions of Gil worth of materials and what do you do if the crafter HQ the item?

[FrankReynolds]

For a couple of weeks now I'm sitting with the materials to make Artinian staff and had no luck finding a crafter. I still want to know how do you trust a complete stranger with millions of Gil worth of materials and what do you do if the crafter HQ the item?

I guess you find a crafter with loot, sell him the mats at the going value of the finished item and then buy back the item at the same price when he's done? That way worst case scenario (IE. he HQs and won't give it to you) at least you don't lose your money, just the potential profit.

Although, I doubt that's very likely...

[Umichi]

For a couple of weeks now I'm sitting with the materials to make Artinian staff and had no luck finding a crafter. I still want to know how do you trust a complete stranger with millions of Gil worth of materials and what do you do if the crafter HQ the item?

as long as you state that trade is for him to craft the item in exchange for gil or w/e in the chat logs and they agree to it, if they run off with item can report it to a GM

[Daemon]

as long as you state that trade is for him to craft the item in exchange for gil or w/e in the chat logs and they agree to it, if they run off with item can report it to a GM

If that happens, I just hope GMs won't be like "Well there's nothing we can do about this, you did choose to trust the other person with your items."

Like other games do..