Dude.... ffs...
My first craft was alch. It was probably the only one that, IN THE END, cause me a net loss while leveling. Every other craft, (save clothcraft because at the time the mobs needed were overcamped, so I just bought mats) gave me a NET GAIN after the leveling was done. You almost always make back the gil you put into these crafts as rewards from the leve quests you use to level them.
Given that this is the case, the only thing that you are investing during the crafting leveling process, is time.
THIS IS BY FAR THE EASIEST TIME I'VE EVER HAD LEVELING CRAFTING IN AN MMO. THIS IS EVEN EASIER THAN STAR WARS TOR, WHERE YOUR NPCS DID YOUR CRAFTING FOR YOU. STOR BEING LAZY AND LEVEL YOUR CRAFTS.
I'm gonna go home and sell multiple prisms tonight at a 300% mark up just because I can now. smh
FURTHERMORE, why should any of us crafters feel ashamed about trying to make money. They have literally stripped away the usefulness of crafting because people like you bitch about it being involved in end game gear. It has been reduced to crafting things for QoL (which is TOTALLY OPTIONAL AND NOT REQUIRED FOR ANY PROGRESSION ACTIVITIES) and crafting things for other DoH/DoL. You have a non-crafting option for almost everything revolving around actual gameplay.
So yea, pony up for those prisms, or man up and level your crafts.
