2.45 crafting patch notes.

[Kenji1134]

So, anyone remember the part where in the Live Letter Yoshi said that they'd be reducing the cost of Sealant, while keeping the cost of Spring Water the same since it "made a food with a unique effect"?
Spring Water is now 4 oaknots. Sealant is still 8 oaknots... oversight? Or does one hand not know what the other hand's doing?

[giantslayer]

So, anyone remember the part where in the Live Letter Yoshi said that they'd be reducing the cost of Sealant, while keeping the cost of Spring Water the same since it "made a food with a unique effect"?
Spring Water is now 4 oaknots. Sealant is still 8 oaknots... oversight? Or does one hand not know what the other hand's doing?

The Q&A posted on the forum said they were reducing the water but not the sealant.

[free_lancer_]

So, anyone remember the part where in the Live Letter Yoshi said that they'd be reducing the cost of Sealant, while keeping the cost of Spring Water the same since it "made a food with a unique effect"?
Spring Water is now 4 oaknots. Sealant is still 8 oaknots... oversight? Or does one hand not know what the other hand's doing?

That is not what they said. It's clearly stated here:

A18: We are currently looking into the prices of these items daily on each World and we are at a stage where we can say that we will be making adjustments.However, as for “Xelphatol spring water,” we do believe the current cost is too high, so we will be making it easier to obtain. On the other hand, we will be monitoring the cost of “Ehcatl sealant” a little bit more before we decide on making adjustments.

[giantslayer]

Oh boohoo, it's hard? Is Novus or Nexus easy? We all did the grind and so should you. If you can't handle it, then crafting isn't for you. I would have understood changing it to 25 from 50 but not less than 10.

For the record, I grinded out three artisan tools the hard way. The other five classes offered little or nothing that I wanted to craft at the 3-star level, so making those tools was more for completion than utility. With an i55 main hand, it would probably take 3-4 hours per tool, x5 would be 15-20 hours, which would all be wasted time in the not-so-long run because it was possible to skip to Supra.

I only have so many hours to play this game. I have a full time job and a life outside this game. That 15-20 hours would have been a good week of game time for me. I simply don't have enough time to hop on every hamster wheel SE puts down. I am pragmatic about how I spend my time: if it is not fun and the rewards not worth enough, I don't do it. I didn't do Nexus or Novus. Why bother when an i110 UAT weapon gets the job done and takes a tiny fraction of the time and resources to acquire?

If you have the time to keep up with the latest grind, good for you. You will always be one step ahead of people like me. No need to be condescending.

As for the low number they changed it to, yes it feels low as a requirement to earn 3-star. It doesn't feel so low as a requirement to make a bunch of them to desynth for MCDs for Supra.

Bringing up more 3 star crafters that didn't earn it only makes the fight for mats worse.

If you are disappointed that newer players will not have to grind as hard for outdated gear as you did back when it was BiS, prepare to be disappointed at regular intervals because this is how MMORPGs work.