Overwhelmed a bit

So I admit I just have managed to get all of my crafts to 50. That being said apparently I didn't accomplish much of anything. Now I have to figure out how to get to where I can craft 2-star items and what materia I need for each crafting set.. Let alone unlocking the master books.

Is there any advice or some guide for this sort of stuff somewhere Sorry if this is a bit of a newbish question but I really am at a loss as to what I should be focusing on now that I have all or most of my crafted sets made and hq'ed.

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Originally Posted by Rosekitten

So I admit I just have managed to get all of my crafts to 50. That being said apparently I didn't accomplish much of anything. Now I have to figure out how to get to where I can craft 2-star items and what materia I need for each crafting set.. Let alone unlocking the master books.

Is there any advice or some guide for this sort of stuff somewhere Sorry if this is a bit of a newbish question but I really am at a loss as to what I should be focusing on now that I have all or most of my crafted sets made and hq'ed.

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Materia guide here.
Rotations/macros for your starred item crafting here.

I'd suggest holding out for awhile on melding. The prices right now are ludicrous for crafting materia.

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Originally Posted by SeleneVenizelos

I'd suggest holding out for awhile on melding. The prices right now are ludicrous for crafting materia.

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I agree with this, but you could always spiritbond your own! This is exactly what I did! :)

I've been trying to bind my own. I've seen the markets and they scare me. Already going to have to help my husband with his novus once he gets there ^^; so I try to avoid buying as many things as I can.. mats or materia wise. >->

It seems to me, much like the battle classes, the real game happens once you hit 50. ^^;

Yeah.. i mean it wasn't too bad at first because there wasn't master books. Now you pretty much have to over meld to craft the items just to get the books ^^; least I can't say I'm bored.. just not use to such a demanding crafting system.

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Originally Posted by Rosekitten

I've been trying to bind my own. I've seen the markets and they scare me. Already going to have to help my husband with his novus once he gets there ^^; so I try to avoid buying as many things as I can.. mats or materia wise. >->

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If money is tight, you can avoid Tier IV materia entirely on the novus which is the bulk of the cost

melding gear just to meld again... save some gil and buy those new crafter accessories and meld those.

they may be expensive to buy but remelding will probs cost you more in the long run.

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Originally Posted by chidarake

melding gear just to meld again... save some gil and buy those new crafter accessories and meld those.

they may be expensive to buy but remelding will probs cost you more in the long run.

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This is probably good advice if you haven't melded any of the accessories yet. Although, I might wait until, say, next week or so. I haven't looked at the prices, but the biggest part of the decline on the price of new items comes quickly. Since you said you already have all of your HQ items (I assume this means the old accessories) they'll be good spiritbonding fodder.

Lastly, I'd concentrate on melding the new accessories first (helps all classes), then pick a class to meld the class specific gear and use that class to get spectacles and ideally raise some funds to meld all the other classes' gear. Or, if you love spiritbonding, you only need enough funds for materials. Personally I do my best to farm materials while spiritbonding (when possible) and mine/ harvest the others myself. It takes forever though....

thinking of all the master recipes is quite overwhelming. i recommend just picking one, cul being the cheapest, and go with it. also, you don't really have to meld a full set of gear, because craft needs to go up first. get your first master book and craft the 50 for that tool. by then you will likely have accessories to convert, and possibly some of your gear. that is a nice starter set of materia. anyhow, that's how i did it.

I have been spirit bonding accessories and holding onto the materia, slow process. But yeah the price for a crafting materia at the moment is around 100k plus. I'm half tempted to sell the ones I have. but that just means more work in the end that I don't need. Gil isn't exactly tight.. but I try to avoid spending it when at all possible. Sorta have two sets of accessories really, one I'm melding and the other set I'm just bonding. ^^

I know the rush to get the new items is on at the moment.. I've seen the prices of the new items and they make me cringe. Odds are I'll focus on 2-3 professions to mastercraft. Probably sticking to the ones I max desynth on.

You must hate a lot of people to need more than a 200 blacklist or there's a lot of people being horrible to you. If that is the case then a lot of people need to be ashamed of themselves