Fighter's Armor Augmentation - Alchemy

So... I want this... pretty bad. I have no crafting skills worth noting.... never been something that interest me that much till now.

Evidently this is a three star recipe, which also don't mean much to me, except that it's really expensive to buy, and there's no reasonably priced ones on the auction house.

My FC mates tell me I'm better off NOT leveling alchemy at all and instead should contribute to their goal so they can help me obtain these items.

So.. exactly how much effort, time and money does it take to make my Warrior AF Blue when your new to Alchemy?

You're probably better off just buying them. Getting a craft to 50 is relatively easy enough. But getting the tool and materia melds to hit the 3 star reqs is a pretty major undertaking that's sure to cost more than just buying the fighter augments.

And if you can't buy them I'd recommend armorsmithing, weaving or leatherworking to 50 instead and devoting a retainer solely to selling glamours. That's steady cash to save for augments or getting a craft 3 star ready.

Raze has a point.

Do you have a lot of time? If yes you can do it yourself and spend time spirit bonding to get the materia to fully meld your Alchemist and farm materials.
Do you have a lot of money? If yes you can do it yourself and buy all the materia you need to fully meld your alchemist and buy materials.

The price you see for your augment might be cheaper than the cost to meld your gear :)
(as side note to be able to do your recipe you will need several other crafting classes to 50)

http://xivdb.com/?recipe/30410/Fight...r-Augmentation

you need :

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Augmented Fighter's Burgeonet Requires 1 parts
Augmented Fighter's Cuirass Requires 2 parts
Augmented Fighter's Gauntlets Requires 1 parts
Augmented Fighter's Breeches Requires 2 parts
Augmented Fighter's Jackboots Requires 1 parts

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Recipe :
x5 Lightning Crystal
x7 Water Crystal
x2 Darksteel Ingot <=== expensive due to 18 Coke (dungeon drop or 2500 GC seals each)
x1 Wolfram Ingot <=== expensive due Ferberite(408 gathering) & Scheelite(500 Myth tome)
x1 Terminus Putty <=== expensive due Tawny latex (150 Myth tome) there is filtered water too but usually this is not in short supply
x1 Wolfram Square <=== expensive due Ferberite(408 gathering) & Scheelite(500 Myth tome)

Your looking at it the wrong way. You are a Battle Class. You have not invested in crafting. From the sound of it you have not been earning or saving any gil.

Play to your strengths. Continue killing things. Earn Myth/Gil. Buy Myth Items (Tawny Latex, Scheelite x2). Take these items to a 3star alchemist and work out a deal on the Augmentations since you provided all the matts. It shouldnt cost you more than about 500-600k total (100k per augmentation) + The 10 Scheelite and 6 Tawny Latex you farmed for the full set.

Its simple when you look at it this way. They are not that expensive. Put in the work and you will get them.

imo its not worth leveling a crafter to simply dye your af gear. Just buy them.

Most of my gill went to other things, like housing, room, furniture for said room, etc. Anyhow.. I have a version 1.0 friend who can craft them.. so I just need to get 80 more cokes and 12 more Scheelites to him, and then I got my full set.

anyhow... He can do it for about 1.8mil assuming material prices didn't flux so much... which is alot better than the 600-900k each piece costs to buy of AH.

I really want this set bad too
I however have all crafts at 50, including a master bsm. And still it is very hard to get this. I'm crafting all the mats required for it and asking for an alchemist to craft me it. As previous posters mentioned, gather all the mats needed for it and shout for an alchemist to craft u it, u will also need an arm and bsm unless u want to buy the wolfram ingots and squares
The major problem here is going to be the dark steel ingots, u need two per item, so 18 coke per item. This is a major pain to be honest as coke prices have sky rocketed now after last patch and hence dark steel ingot prices too. What I'm doing now is farming GC seals by doing fates and trading dungeon drops to GC. But it is going to take a while.
And finally don't bother leveling up alchemist, as u will also need bsm and arm up and all at master class to craft this independently, which will take u ages and cost u way more than buying the mats as mentioned earlier, good luck: )

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Originally Posted by Steady

Most of my gill went to other things, like housing, room, furniture for said room, etc. Anyhow.. I have a version 1.0 friend who can craft them.. so I just need to get 80 more cokes and 12 more Scheelites to him, and then I got my full set.

anyhow... He can do it for about 1.8mil assuming material prices didn't flux so much... which is alot better than the 600-900k each piece costs to buy of AH.

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Not much of a friend gouging you like that! I make them for free to friends if they provide me all the matts. At most 50k each piece. Find new friends. Or better yet shout for a 3star crafter i'm sure you would find one that could do them at a better price then that.

I had alchemy to 50 as my first craft. I went on a lvling spree with other crafts when 2.2 came out. When 2.3 came out and i saw the augments in my master book I stayed up all night farming HQ volcanic rock salt so I could get my artisan just so I could make these.
The materials needed for these are, at the moment, insane. Half the mats are items needed for crafts to get their master's book. On Exodus there are hardly any NQ ones on the MB, just overpriced HQs. Which are useless for augments because you can't HQ them so no need to spend the extra money on HQ mats. Some of the mats require myth items which isn't too bad. With hunts people are capping their myth farming S ranks so they spend it on crafting materials. They flood the market with the stuff and the prices drop. I can buy the mats for terminus putty and sell them NQ for more than what I paid if someone doesn't slash the price too much. The hard part are the materials that require 9 items only obtained by spending 25k grand company seals or getting them from dungeon runs.
I'm going for the drg set and so far I only got the chest augmented. What most people don't know until it happens is the body and pants require 2 augments to upgrade.
I have every craft to 50 except bsm (work in progress) leather worker, and culinary but alchemy is the only thing I have fully melded and unlocked artisan for 3 star. Some other crafts are 2 star with af and my melded jewelry.
I need 1 terminus putty which is simple cause I can make that.
I need to buy scheelite with money or myth and ask a 3 star miner to fetch me some ferebite, I then mine some cobalt ore and send it to my static coil mnk to craft the wolfram squares.
I need to buy petrified logs with money or myth and some scarlet sap then send it to another fc member to make the ancient lumber.
I need to make spruce lumber and either save a lot of company seals for hardened sap or run dungeons a lot until I get 9 of them then ask my static mnk again to make the treated spruce lumber.
Last I need to gather darksteel ore and turn it into nuggets, then find 9 pieces of coke using the same method for hardened sap and make a darksteel ingot.
For a whole set your looking at 7 augments. My static coil drg bought all the mats for his and made the whole set. He spent like 1.2 mil.
ALL of those and it just unlocks the chance to dye your af. It doesn't even upgrade the actual armor. Very frustrating for what feels like so little gain but then again with this amount of difficulty to obtain it not everyone will have it. I've seen a fully augmented drg dyed blood red and it looked awesome. My coil drg has his dyed green. I'm going with gold so far. Shame there isn't a true black or white dye. It makes it look kinda grey than white.

U don't need ancient lumber or spruce for fighters armor, which is what this thread is about. I know u are talking about drg, but I wanted to clear that up in case someone reading got confused

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Originally Posted by Steady

So... I want this... pretty bad. ...

My FC mates tell me I'm better off NOT leveling alchemy at all and instead should contribute to their goal so they can help me obtain these items.

So.. exactly how much effort, time and money does it take to make my Warrior AF Blue when your new to Alchemy?

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Skills required for 3 Star = Ingenuity (or II), Waste Not (or II), and Careful Syn II.

What your FC friend said can help you get your item faster, but which is better, let someone else feed you the fish, or learn how to fish? Your choice.

As for anything that requires myths, I say go find a very active hunting LS and go hunting. I can reach the 2K myths cap in just a few hours, therefore I consider any myth mats cheaper then those GC seal mats.

Over all, it all depends on how you want to play the game. IME/HO leveling your classes can never hurt, relying on your FC or others, will.

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Originally Posted by EvilJoshy

ALL of those and it just unlocks the chance to dye your af. It doesn't even upgrade the actual armor. Very frustrating for what feels like so little gain but then again with this amount of difficulty to obtain it not everyone will have it.

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I agree; I think it's insane how many high-grade mats are required for this 100% cosmetic change. :/

Maybe AF armor will be upgraded ilvl 110+ like relic weapons, and this is one of the requirements :)

But I agree for cosmetic changes quite a big cost.

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Originally Posted by Steady

My FC mates tell me I'm better off NOT leveling alchemy at all and instead should contribute to their goal so they can help me obtain these items.

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Short answer: they are absolutely right. If you can work out an arrangement where you help them and they get you the stuff, everyone wins.

You have absolutely no idea how much time, devotion, and resources it takes to be able to craft 3-star items. I have been been devoting most of my game time to crafting for two months (because I enjoy it) and I am still not yet in position to make 3-stars. I have also spent millions of Gil on just materia for my equipment melds, and I had been diligently farming my own materia.

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Originally Posted by giantslayer

Short answer: they are absolutely right. If you can work out an arrangement where you help them and they get you the stuff, everyone wins.

You have absolutely no idea how much time, devotion, and resources it takes to be able to craft 3-star items. I have been been devoting most of my game time to crafting for two months (because I enjoy it) and I am still not yet in position to make 3-stars. I have also spent millions of Gil on just materia for my equipment melds, and I had been diligently farming my own materia.

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Sounds like me. I'm just now working up to three-star, though I do have every class at two-star level.