Season 3 of Ishgardian Restoration?

Are we expecting a third season of the Restoration where they have new grade three mats and crafts? Wondering how long this grade 2 stuff is good for or before it “expires” and becomes worth less. Do I keep trudging along now or wait till my points might go towards something.

You can trudge along to get the achievement minion/mount, that's from either 50k points on each of the gatherers, or 500k points on each of the crafters and gatherers. These are long term goals.
Other than that, it's only good for getting scripts to buy stuff from the script vendor, or for EXP.

Using them to level up is what I’ve been doing so far. How does one check their current point totals?

If you talk to the NPC's across from the NPC where you turn in gathering materials it'll let you see how many points you have for all of your jobs

The "for the second phase" specific title achievements do suggest there will be another phase at some point, though not necessarily in 5.3.

I honestly feel reluctant to gun for the 500K achievements right now when it's possible there might be higher point gains to go with the increase in gear levels in a later phase.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

The "for the second phase" specific title achievements do suggest there will be another phase at some point, though not necessarily in 5.3.

I honestly feel reluctant to gun for the 500K achievements right now when it's possible there might be higher point gains to go with the increase in gear levels in a later phase.

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In all likeliness, when season 3 comes out, all of the Grade 2 stuff will go down to 1 point each (like the first seasons crafts) and the new Season 3 stuff will have similar points as the current Grade 2 stuff.

I don't see why they'd make it any easier for season 3.

Even if that's not the case, they'll likely add new achievements for doing phase 3 turn-ins specifically, so it still might better to hold off on doing the full 500K for the time being.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

Even if that's not the case, they'll likely add new achievements for doing phase 3 turn-ins specifically, so it still might better to hold off on doing the full 500K for the time being.

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500k is quite a lot to get on all classes though. I'd be surprised if this reset seasonally, so a head start can't hurt.

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

In all likeliness, when season 3 comes out, all of the Grade 2 stuff will go down to 1 point each (like the first seasons crafts) and the new Season 3 stuff will have similar points as the current Grade 2 stuff.

I don't see why they'd make it any easier for season 3.

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Grade 1 crafts were all crafted from mats gathered from outside Diadem. That is pretty much the main reason that the Grade 1 crafts were devalued to the point of worthlessness. They wanted people to at least indirectly participate in Diadem without relying on stockpiled materials.

Any Grade 3 mats and crafts are likely going to augment the grade 2s rather than replace them. The Grade 3 mats are likely going to be harder/riskier to gather (likely inside the cave areas or on the lower islands with aggressive monsters forcing auger stockpiling) and the Grade 3 crafts are likely to be all Expert crafts (even the sub-70 ones).

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

500k is quite a lot to get on all classes though. I'd be surprised if this reset seasonally, so a head start can't hurt.

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They track two scores for every crafter/gatherer job. A seasonal score which is currently frozen and likely will be reset when the next season starts and an ongoing score which is what the 50k and 500k achievements are based on.

Hmm. Ok, is this not the right score tracker? I’ve been level my crafting jobs off this, and when I turn in collectibles they tell me it’s earned me X number of points. I did some during the scoring season, and I’ve done some since, but this says I have zero points?

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If you're turning in items for the sake of gaining EXP, you're not turning in items that increase your seasonal/accumulated score. The only ones that do that are the level 80 recipes, iirc.

Then what are the points it’s telling me I’m earning when I turn something in?

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Originally Posted by AduroT

Then what are the points it’s telling me I’m earning when I turn something in?

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The points the game is telling you you're earning go towards the Restoration progress bar.

Gotcha. Thanks.

If I had to guess, we'll see another phase starting with 5.31, with housing coming with 5.4X. Could also have more construction with 5.4x though I imagine they don't want to do housing any later than 5.50, since 5.55ish will want to get us ready for the next expansion.

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

500k is quite a lot to get on all classes though. I'd be surprised if this reset seasonally, so a head start can't hurt.

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Im going to say that the 500k is a fixed amount and won't be reset at all.

most of the (non JP) servers aren't even halfway done yet with the currently available restoration steps, and you're already wondering about season 3?

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

Even if that's not the case, they'll likely add new achievements for doing phase 3 turn-ins specifically, so it still might better to hold off on doing the full 500K for the time being.

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I'd bet they won't add additional achievement for any specific seasons or anymore non-seasonal specific ones. And the ranking titles will be the same as 2nd season. They'll probably make some tweaks to gathering and crafting and change to grade 3 materials with season 3.

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Originally Posted by swiss_Momo

most of the (non JP) servers aren't even halfway done yet with the currently available restoration steps, and you're already wondering about season 3?

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Well, one of the big motivators this time - the ranking - is over, so I suppose quite a few people are wondering if its worth it to put in any effort now or if they're better off waiting for the next season to not only earn any rewards bought with scrips etc. while also having another shot at getting one of the titles.

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Originally Posted by Vidu

Well, one of the big motivators this time - the ranking - is over, so I suppose quite a few people are wondering if its worth it to put in any effort now or if they're better off waiting for the next season to not only earn any rewards bought with scrips etc. while also having another shot at getting one of the titles.

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Surely they can't start season 3 until season 2 is actually, you know, finished?

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Originally Posted by Vidu

Well, one of the big motivators this time - the ranking - is over, so I suppose quite a few people are wondering if its worth it to put in any effort now or if they're better off waiting for the next season to not only earn any rewards bought with scrips etc. while also having another shot at getting one of the titles.

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Exactly this. Didn’t know you didn’t earn score on only level 80 stuff though.

And the season two scoring Is complete. I have no idea how many stages of the Fate or Works there are. If there’s still so much left, why did they end scoring so early?

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

Surely they can't start season 3 until season 2 is actually, you know, finished?

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Exactly.

Which is why I've done nothing to "contribute" ever since the ranked season ended. I already got every reward twice over. There's no big server reward for finishing yet either, the housing is a good way off and I can't see them denying housing to servers that don't finish construction anyway. Most likely they'll buff the construction pace as the next or final stage approaches.

It will be finished just fine from the sprouts still leveling up.

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Originally Posted by Liam_Harper

Exactly.

Which is why I've done nothing to "contribute" ever since the ranked season ended. I already got every reward twice over. There's no big server reward for finishing yet either, the housing is a good way off and I can't see them denying housing to servers that don't finish construction anyway. Most likely they'll buff the construction pace as the next or final stage approaches.

It will be finished just fine from the sprouts still leveling up.

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Honestly I stopped giving them items too. Its just not interesting doing Ishgard!Rowena time and time again for nothing at all. If it was fun content I would not care if I dont get much out of it anymore but I dont find it fun. Its just a waste of time for me now that I got everything out of it. I guess a lot of people might feel that way or maybe they really increased the amount of points needed for this stage...Its sad that I still had hoped that Ishgard would be a bit more than that.