whats the point of crafting...

[Vortok]

2) some of the new pvp gear looks frikkin AMAZING. If these are craftable...

And the ilvl90 pvp gear...can we reliable HQ these using current crafting AF gear?

Check the lodestone item database. For the level 55, 70, AND 90 PvP gear not only is there no "HQ" toggle to indicate it's crafted it also says non-covertible, aka not crafted. Unless the database hasn't been updated with the actual crafted gear (possible), it looks like crafters just got GG no re'd.

GLD weapons list for reference:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...min_item_lv=51

Edit: Lodestone's been updated and the 55 stuff now has an HQ button (and I've obviously logged in since patch). Still think we got gg no re'd, though. Been a day or two since I checked all three cities, but last I knew only 2 FCs have bought a house on my server (both small, of course). Dead furniture market is dead.

I can understand wanting the stuff close to 50 being craftable by someone that didn't level every single crafting class and that over time as the highest level crafted items get further away from 50 there might be something. But as is, I'm not holding my breath. Around the time you might need good stats to consistently make something they'll probably just add new gear to make it easy again so everyone can make it with minimal effort/investment. 'Overgear everything' seems to be the name of the game.

[DarkDedede]

I'm having a much more difficult time selling things on the market on my server. It seems like when I find something selling for a decent price, and put a couple up for sale (two or three), the undercutters descend like locust. More often than not, the result is ends up reducing the going rate to 50% or less, in less than a day's time.

Things are so different than even a month ago. Even some of the higher end material is going for stupid low prices. Today, I saw velvet cloth selling for 200 each. Last month, they were going for 2k or more.

It's obviously an issue of supply and demand, and the needs of the current player base (lots and lots of lvl 50 crafters). What concerns me is that housing prices are so high, it's going to be even more difficult to make a decent amount of gil if the market prices are plummeting by the day. There really needs to be some other system implemented in the game to distract all these craft mongers from putting all of their wares on the market boards

[Kallera]

Check the lodestone item database. For the level 55, 70, AND 90 PvP gear not only is there no "HQ" toggle to indicate it's crafted it also says non-covertible, aka not crafted. Unless the database hasn't been updated with the actual crafted gear (possible), it looks like crafters just got GG no re'd.

GLD weapons list for reference:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...min_item_lv=51

We literally have few to no long term options in pvp or pve, we are just the window dressing, and at least window dressing has houses to put it in.

[Feilina]

We should consolidate our whishes, find compromisses and word them. Afterwards we show em the responsible persons, if they aren't looking already.

Might we open a new thread for that?

My whishes would be:
- reduced materials, gathered AND dropped
- HQ Chance with all skills avilable around 65-85%
- Ability to craft meldable iLvl90 Gear OR
- let instances/raids drop materials so crafter can craft gear shells (see SwTOR)
- there has to be a real chance to fail a syntheses or gather action, even if its low level "No one is born a master." 95-99% is absolutly ok, bad streaks will happen.
- maybe reduce the number of skills X-able
- reduce npc selling gear and tools/weapons from lvl30 on
- make HQ even to aetherical gear dropped in instances


Remember, consolidate and compromisses. Not all my whishes are good/doable but the should be taken as a first constructive step.

[Mysteriona]

I'm gonna wait for 2.2 and hope I wont get disappointed.