Don't understand making weapons when quests give them?

[Keramory]

What more can a game do to destroy the point of crafting? Don't get me wrong, a rare quest related reward here or there is great, and crafting items end game are pretty nice...that regular quests don't give.

However...wheres the profit or point of leveling up a crafting class until level 50?
You can make a bronze sword? Well good for you! Too bad like 4 low level quests give you that exact same sword for talking to 2 npc's right next to you.

Anyone else feel like their gear was just flat out given to them constantly until they hit 50?

[Freyt]

I do feel like crafted gear needs to be a little more powerful. Not by much, just a little bit. Or at least give you the option to add little tweaks to it, like certain stats.

[Silverharp]

Do those low level quests give you endgame gear with materia attached to it? No? Okay, I think we're good.

[Deedsie]

Anyone else feel like their gear was just flat out given to them constantly until they hit 50?

Not me. I outlevelled the vast majority of those things and bought stuff to keep myself up to date for my level when the quests failed to keep up with me.

There's giving the option of an HQ piece for those that want to use that instead of standard gear.

[OrionInerghem]

AF was the worst...


That was the point where I turned around to me BF and said "WOW so they like.. just give you be best gear 45-50, and all I had to do was check a few points on map.. took like 5 mins" It was so easy it felt broken...


I think Yoshi's Idea was that he wanted everyone to start 50 with a "decent" set of gear, so nobody was going gimp into the dungeons.. But.. the handholding, and done without any thought of how killing all the 45-50 recipies would affect the game is pretty shocking...

Basically killed Felt/Cobalt gear in one swoop.. Highly disappointing.

Do those low level quests give you endgame gear with materia attached to it? No? Okay, I think we're good.

I'm actually running a test right now.. I've put up some amazing double/triple melded gear for a decent price considering the work/number of materia that blew up and I keep lowering the price until one sells... 3 days in now...

Nobody in their right mind is going to waste the money it's worth to buy up melded gear for the price in... especially with the gear already capped at the best stats...


The whole system is just a mess.

[Byron_Wayne]

normal bronze sword aint worth the effort
Rare bronze sword with better stats, now your talkin.

[atomicdeath]

Man, they really fucked this game up lol

[Silverharp]

AF was the worst...


That was the point where I turned around to me BF and said "WOW so they like.. just give you be best gear 45-50, and all I had to do was check a few points on map.. took like 5 mins" It was so easy it felt broken...


I think Yoshi's Idea was that he wanted everyone to start 50 with a "decent" set of gear, so nobody was going gimp into the dungeons.. But.. the handholding, and done without any thought of how killing all the 45-50 recipies would affect the game is pretty shocking...

Basically killed Felt/Cobalt gear in one swoop.. Highly disappointing.

WHAT?

/10characters

[Drakzen1]

Do those low level quests give you endgame gear with materia attached to it? No? Okay, I think we're good.

That didnt answer his question.
There is no point in leveling a craft to 50 as is, as there are much easier alternatives. Also endgame gear that can be crafted is not only limited but a disappointment.

[OrionInerghem]

WHAT?

/10characters

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LOL, I'm not really seeing anything outside belts/rings/neck that are worth spending money on until Militia at 55.. You can HQ, double/triple meld some of the 45-50 gear.. which will promptly be completely obsolete by the time you waste the money needed to land the last meld.


I haven't finished all the AF quests yet, by for PLD I literally just had to go click 4 points close together in the same zone, and would get armor on each on point.
Made me miss 1.0 and the somewhat challenging group fights where at least I felt I earned my AF