So that's disappointing...

[FJerome]

As for the main hand tool... I'm quite upset about that really.
8 DoH classes.
8 Main hands.
Each took some form of gil investment to obtain (Materia melding) and now they're being replaced by some kind of Grand Company exchange system?
Here's some materia, give me new MH tool.

Bummer.

We were probably going to have to upgrade all our gear anyway to make the new iL90 recipes, though. These may actually save me some aggro if the craftsman boost is significant enough, since I might be able to get away with not having to upgrading the rest of my gear if I can make it to the new craftsmanship requirements with these, HQ food and penta-melding my off-hands.

I'm guessing this is the Crafting equivalent of Crystal Tower; "It looks nice in your House though !". Guess that's the reason they lumped this with Fishing and new vanity gear...

To be fair, those are going to look damn nice in our house. Finally, we can have a proper workshop and a kitchen area! (Assuming that the small houses get their basements in 2.2, which has been suspiciously unconfirmed so far . . . )

[UlricCraft]

Haha, yes indeed!
That's the reason I avoided materia melding any of my class-specific crafting gear, I thought, Particians may be ghastly to look at dyed Cactuar Green, but at least it'll save me upgrading soon!
Feel bad for the sods who penta melded all their individual kit if it does mean upgrading completely.

Here's hoping we get Moogle Pan and Saw.

[SpookyGhost]

Not everything is for lvl 50 crafters. Some people are still leveling up. This will likely give you a buff that increases your CP anywhere, which is useful for those... y'know... leveling up.

Also ~I think~ the expectation is that more people will be buying FC houses in 2.2. It's just like most other MMOs where you buy furniture that gives you buffs elsewhere - we'll probably be seeing it more in the future. Yes, you can level really fast if you have the gil/friends to do so, but not everyone is afforded that luxury. Plus there's like, what, 8 DoH? It'll be pretty useful.

[Shneibel]

that facility should had been there at the start at the game, now is a bit to late for ppl who already have all crafter 50, but still good for new player who join at the later of the game

[Galactimus]

This is a silly design choice.

Anyone that owns (or greatly contributed) to a FC house most likely has their crafting classes to 50 already. It only takes a few days to level a craft to 50. Six months after the game is released and they decide to release a low level CP buff for people who most likely can't use it. It's completely pointless that you can't use the buff at level 50. And it's a waste of these crafting tables' potential. I'm still thankful for the tables in general as I run a "player crafting shop" and these will fit nicely with my theme.

The main hand tools are also kind of odd. Right now the Luminaries are best in slot and in patch 2.2 they are giving all of the Luminaries the same visual crafting tables that the level 50 quest items have (ie. saw horses for carpenter.) If these new Main Hand items are better in stats then the Luminaries then I guess we could just glamour them so they still retain the Luminary appearance. However, this also seems like a wasted opportunity which could have been a perfectly good chance to upgrade our crappy Offhand wooden tables instead. Why give us more main hands?

[panzertroll]

ok, so .. these facilities are useless ...

[TheUltimate3]

Grinding to 50 through Levequests generally makes you money. The only way it wouldn't is if you're buying all the items instead of making them yourself, in which case a CP bonuses isn't going to help anyway...

Still the Devil's Advocate.

So new players wanting to craft a specific craft will still need to grind out multiple classes they may not have any interest in for this addition to be completely useless?

I mean, I get how this is useless for anyone with all crafting skills maxed out, but I don't see how helping low level crafters is necessarily a bad thing.

[Sotek]

Still the Devil's Advocate.

So new players wanting to craft a specific craft will still need to grind out multiple classes they may not have any interest in for this addition to be completely useless?

I mean, I get how this is useless for anyone with all crafting skills maxed out, but I don't see how helping low level crafters is necessarily a bad thing.

New players have a Free Company with a House?

Again, this would have been great as the Crafting guild bonus it practically was in 1.0. Why it's now lumped to Housing I'll never know...

I remember when Free Companies were for endgame... Really not seeing it so far.

[Hysterior]

It will help lower level do more HQ to turn in for leaves, that's nice I think
There might be something else for lv 50, we don't know yet

[affenmensch]

looks like only new Mainhand Gear for crafter
But i hope there will be also new pants, shoes and so on for crafters