Q12: Currently, all of the high-level crafting recipes require materials obtained via desynthesis and items obtained by trading tomestones, and the gatherer classes do not have much involvement. Are there any plans to adddress the balance so that the gatherers can be involved more?

A12: With the Armoury system, every player has the capability to gather the same items as everyone else (even though there are some time restrictions involved with some of the items) in FINAL FANTASY XIV. While the Armoury system is one of the main features of FINAL FANTASY XIV, this system makes it difficult for certain classes to take an active role in the development of the economy.

We intentionally included a lot of the desynthesis materials in the new recipes because we wanted everyone to check out the desynthesis system. However, we understand that we went a little too overboard with the recipes. We are currently discussing the addition of recipes for the mid-tier users instead of just adding new recipes for the hardcore users.