Any chance we may get i70 or i90 crafting gears in the near future?

[Nutz]

If they had introduced crafted i90 accessories in the last big patch, that would have opened a huge market for crafters. Even though you can get i100 soldiery items easily, it would serve as a stop-gap and would have the bonus of offering extra HP by putting vitality on it.

I think by the time they allow for crafted i90 jewelry, soldiery will become uncapped for the week and i120 or something will be out.

I'm fairly certain they announced that crafted i90 jewelry will be in 2.3, while new tomes will almost certainly be in 2.4

[StouterTaru]

I don't think they ever officially announced ilvl90 crafted jewelry will be in 2.3, they just dodged the question and implied it would be.

[Gokuhan]

Camate must have meant secondary tools, though that leaves FSHs twiddling their thumbs (or rather still working on their much more grueling ilvl 70 rod grind).

Isn't THIS the truth. I have spent several RL nights fishing and only have 10 HQ silvers for the rod. On the other hand I have obtained 2 Miners tools, 2 Botanists tools, and 3 hats (for my retainers). The fishing is just insane.

[Lemuria]

We’ll be introducing new, higher level primary tools for both Disciples of the Land and Hand in patch 2.3.

As much as I love my crafters, and I really do love my crafters, the 'new gear' we had in a more recent patch was so heavily gated behind a wall of grind that only the truly dedicated will ever get their upgrade. I mean really... 60 high quality, high grade items?

Even ignoring the fact that the sheer costs in materials alone is a pain in the backside, there's literally no way to guarantee a HQ on those items even with full materia melds and the best gear equippable! You can play the numbers game and try to get a HQ 'most' of the time, but it's still a gamble. I fear that even IF they do add such tools, it will be such an impossible task to obtain them that crafting becomes the sole domain of the hardcore grinders.

Look guys, let me level with you. I levelled all my crafters to 50 because I genuinely enjoy it. It's a fun little diversion while I'm waiting for a duty, and it's useful for making gear for classes I have yet to cap out. I'm about as casual as it gets, and they got to level 50 over a long period of time. Yes, I'm a 1.0 player, and yes a good amount of that levelling was done back in ye olde days.

I get that some people are crying, nay, screaming for the monotonous grindy rubbish that permeates every single other rubbish MMO where people mindlessly do the same thing ad infinity just for the tiniest of rewards. I know you guys can do better than that. I've seen it. So, how about cutting crafters a break and giving us some items which can be obtained within a normal humans lifespan?

Better yet, how about letting crafters CRAFT their future gear? What a novel idea that would be, wouldn't it? This stuff doesn't need to be hidden behind an endless grind if you've got the tiniest spark of creativity left, and I'm crossing every last finger that new items at least give players a fair chance of obtaining it before they go old and gray.

On another note... we could really use some upgraded body, legs, gloves, and boots. It's getting really dull wearing the same level 55 gear for every synthesis.

[Giantbane]

we can really use some new gear especially jewelry!!!!! and of course offhand
and who says they cant add an offhand for fisher.. maybe a tackle box or a small dipnet to catch the fish once u reeled them in

Eh, I could live without new jewelry unless it has no materia slots. Not looking forward to fully melding that stuff again.

[Alistaire]

Eh, I could live without new jewelry unless it has no materia slots. Not looking forward to fully melding that stuff again.

Except making them slotless would be retarded; they'd be absolutely pointless in that case.

[Dahass]

Except making them slotless would be retarded; they'd be absolutely pointless in that case.

Yes making the head slotless was completely pointless...

[StouterTaru]

Yes making the head slotless was completely pointless...

If they do the rest of the gear the way they did the head piece it will make crafting materia worthless. I could see them doing the same thing with the rest of the visible armor, but I couldn't imagine them doing it with the accessories. They are already shared across jobs, so you don't need to meld 8 different pieces per slot. I think they were just testing the water with the head piece, and we might not see any more cross class pieces like it.

[Alistaire]

Yes making the head slotless was completely pointless...

We're talking about the reported crafted i90 accessories coming...

[Nutz]

We're talking about the reported crafted i90 accessories coming...

Right, but people were talking about hypothetical crafting jewelry where having no slots would be nice (assuming it's an all round upgrade like the tools and headpiece have been).

Obviously the i90 crafted DoM/DoW jewelry will have slots.