As LVL 50 in all DOH/DOL - stop now it's a waste of time

[Ramzal]

My only problem with crafting is the road block of getting to 315+ control so I can make mailbreaker, obelisk, etc. I cannot seem to get over 280's and I can't think of any way I possibly can.

[Raldo]

My only problem with crafting is the road block of getting to 315+ control so I can make mailbreaker, obelisk, etc. I cannot seem to get over 280's and I can't think of any way I possibly can.

Whaaaaaaat? HQ gear, materia melds, and food; simple as that. You can go way waaaaaaaay over 315 (for example, my weaver is sitting on 350 control without any food), so I'm not sure how you could possibly not see how you could increase it. Salt Cod Puffs would give you +18 control (and they're not even the best control food, just probably the highest reasonably priced one), so you're not even that far off.

You're a blacksmith, so my first suggestion would be to bang out your own HQ Militia File. That would add 6 control, to put you at 286. Salt Cod Puffs puts you at 304. A mere 4 tier-3 control materia (because you probably don't want to shell out the cash for tier-4s) later and you've breached 315. And that's not even your only way to hit 315.

[Ramzal]

Whaaaaaaat? HQ gear, materia melds, and food; simple as that. You can go way waaaaaaaay over 315 (for example, my weaver is sitting on 350 control without any food), so I'm not sure how you could possibly not see how you could increase it. Salt Cod Puffs would give you +18 control (and they're not even the best control food, just probably the highest reasonably priced one), so you're not even that far off.

You're a blacksmith, so my first suggestion would be to bang out your own HQ Militia File. That would add 6 control, to put you at 286. Salt Cod Puffs puts you at 304. A mere 4 tier-3 control materia (because you probably don't want to shell out the cash for tier-4s) later and you've breached 315. And that's not even your only way to hit 315.

Annnd that's what I get for relying on just the raw stats from the equipment. Thanks a lot, this helped.

[Voodoofreak]

What if...rather than having the actual gear drop in end-game, the items to make that gear dropped instead - which then would require hiring a crafter to complete.

[Darlantan]

Whaaaaaaat? HQ gear, materia melds, and food; simple as that. You can go way waaaaaaaay over 315 (for example, my weaver is sitting on 350 control without any food), so I'm not sure how you could possibly not see how you could increase it. Salt Cod Puffs would give you +18 control (and they're not even the best control food, just probably the highest reasonably priced one), so you're not even that far off.

You're a blacksmith, so my first suggestion would be to bang out your own HQ Militia File. That would add 6 control, to put you at 286. Salt Cod Puffs puts you at 304. A mere 4 tier-3 control materia (because you probably don't want to shell out the cash for tier-4s) later and you've breached 315. And that's not even your only way to hit 315.

Geez how much did those materia that cost you?

[Raldo]

Geez how much did those materia that cost you?

All of my T4s came from 1.0's cracked materia exchange. It would've cost me a fortune to do that in ARR. Unfortunately, by the time I was done with WVR, I was out of cracked 4s. Same for the T3s, though I do still have some more of those. T2/1 materia wasn't too bad, all in all I probably spent a couple hundred thousand.

[Kort]

I have to agree. I think it's pretty much a waste of time. I made most of my cash by selling other Alchemist's the items they needed to level their Alchemy. Now that has pretty much dried up as well. Waste of time and effort, but I was lucky I made a fortune off of it because I did it early. You can make a few gil off melding but nothing you can count on.

I am glad I leveled it when I did, but if I had to start over today. I wouldn't touch crafting.

[Reika]

Devs are avoiding a response to crafting issues as they were same sex marriage threads.

[Zumi]

Devs are avoiding a response to crafting issues as they were same sex marriage threads.

There really is no crafting issues. The best gear shouldn't be able to be just bought off the AH. You should have to work for your gear which means doing end game raids. Crafting can help you make entry level gear to get started with raids which is good enough.

[Reika]

There really is no crafting issues. The best gear shouldn't be able to be just bought off the AH. You should have to work for your gear which means doing end game raids. Crafting can help you make entry level gear to get started with raids which is good enough.

Youre right. They should come in the form of materials that are dropped from end game raids, which can be turned into better than mere dropped.

Concequently, the ilvl70 crafted gear currently questioned as to why it still requres retarded amounts of grinding also requires you run the same dungeons as the ilvl70 non-crafted gear. But for some reason this same dungeon content also allows you to earn tokens for ilv90 gear, which destroys it. It would be a more than fair addition if those same tokens could also be used to purchase mats to craft ilvl90 gear. Sounds fair and logical. It was also suggested that the just make the mats and/or gear untradeable. Then you and others will have no market fears.

And there are crafter issues, you just dont care about crafters or crafting, or else youd see them.