Smoked Raptor, Rank 25 Carp sub, really?

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I craft Smoked Raptor with no problem at all and my carp is lvl 15. Then again I use Master Support buff and apple juice when I craft but I honestly don't think that you need to have a sub at the max level to create the item. Of course, I am sure it helps, but it is not required. YG is not always right, trust me. They still list the Northern/Southern carp recipe for cul to be lvl 0 when it is clearly lvl 38 or so. They also say that Black pepper drops off Rhotano buccaneer 66% of the time (they defiantly do not, I know this first hand x_x )

Black Pepper, Pissing Culinarians off for over 8 months and counting...