Quote Originally Posted by Castoth View Post
I think the point is to force specialization onto crafters, and that it isn't feasible to be able to make every item for every craft like it was before this patch. That's why the costs are so incredibly high just for one Master book. It was a way to try and revive the Market Board and make the system closer to XI's crafting, without having to also put a firm barrier in your path similar to XI.
Well, I hope that their intention isn't to force crafting specializations, because being capable of leveling all crafts and crafting all items on a single character is one of the best things in FFXIV.