ALCHEMY -- Worst profession in the game

[Kyronex]

Making potions last through death would help.

[AylaYukihana]

Fish -> Shards recipe needs to come back, because so many fish caught are completely useless and are only for vendor trash.. its a stupid system to put in hundreds of fish, of which only a few are useful.

[Mezolitik]

Fish -> Shards recipe needs to come back, because so many fish caught are completely useless and are only for vendor trash.. its a stupid system to put in hundreds of fish, of which only a few are useful.

I read somewhere that Fishing is not meant to affect the economy by design choice; i.e. it's supposed to be worthless.

Fisher is my highest level, and I frequently end up discarding loads of trash fish to free up inventory slots. It'd be great if we could recycle them properly.

[Kyronex]

It'd be great if we could recycle them properly.

Only way I know of right now are the GC provision turn-ins. They frequently request fish that doesn't say "crafting material" on them (eg. Monkfish, Aegis Shrimp, etc.)

[Ramzi]

For a discipline that doesn't effect the economy, some of the fished up items are sure selling for a lot on the markets.

[TyloRime]

I just finally hit 50 with Alchemy last night!!

[AylaYukihana]

I read somewhere that Fishing is not meant to affect the economy by design choice; i.e. it's supposed to be worthless.

Fisher is my highest level, and I frequently end up discarding loads of trash fish to free up inventory slots. It'd be great if we could recycle them properly.

As to the lack of fish -> shard recipes, it doesn't stop fishing from being profitable. There's plenty of stuff from fishing that sells great. Alchemy needs some help, and taking junk fish and making shards out of them would be awesome.

[Simaril]

I'm currently leveling all the DoH together, and 29 - 36 in all of them. My main clas is just lv 29.

Alc is probably the easiest to level. There are triple leves that require one synth to make (raw materials make the final product) Meanwhile the armorer leves I'm looking at take 8+ synths just to make the item requested... and you need 9 to get the max benefit... It was literally more then 30minutes to complete those kind of triplers once, while I could complete the alc triplers in a few minutes.

Alc potions are usefull. As a healer, if I'm taking damage, and close to pulling threat a healing potion is super useful. Ethers usually aren't necesary, but in a good group where I can DPS while healing, they definitely make a differnce. Status effects that otherwise would cause a wipe are also useful. Maybe these aren't overly special or unique, but they're about as useful as anything else you craft :/

Regarding profits... I can't spek specifically to end-game... but again the fact that many alc recipes are rediculously easy should be reflected in their smaller profit margins.


Sure, it's underwhelming, but no moreso than the other DoH imo.

[Kyronex]

I'm currently leveling all the DoH together, and 29 - 36 in all of them. My main clas is just lv 29.

Alc is probably the easiest to level. There are triple leves that require one synth to make (raw materials make the final product) Meanwhile the armorer leves I'm looking at take 8+ synths just to make the item requested... and you need 9 to get the max benefit... It was literally more then 30minutes to complete those kind of triplers once, while I could complete the alc triplers in a few minutes.

Yup, it is easy, I got to L50 in a couple days. You can do the Quarrymill Hi-Potions triple leve until 50 and make a ton of gil from it. GSM is pretty easy as well.

[Yukio]

How about give Alchemists the ability to breakdown potions and a chance to convert them back into the raw materials? Or break those crappy resistance potions into their respective elemental shards?