4 Star Master Books - Completely frustrating and unfun.

[Meier]

Yup, it is getting to the point where there just isn't one anymore. The amount of BS you have to put it is not worth the reward at all. When will crafting gear actually be good? Right now it is mostly glamour...pfft.

[Sibyll]

Yup, it is getting to the point where there just isn't one anymore. The amount of BS you have to put it is not worth the reward at all. When will crafting gear actually be good? Right now it is mostly glamour...pfft.

I mean the cost of Hard Hippo leathers has dropped so much that I can buy a stack of them and make my own i70 Gryphonskin gear (everything except earrings) for under 70-90k. If I get 1 Savage IV I've made over 500% profit from that alone. Hell, even if I get 2 Savage IIIs I broke even.

Why would I dump tons of gil into 4* just to get into an undercut war with one or two other people when I could make as much if not more profit selling materia that goes as fast as you put it up on the board.

I could make the same argument about Battle, Field and Master demimateria.

[Rocond]

Why would I dump tons of gil into 4* just to get into an undercut war with one or two other people when I could make as much if not more profit selling materia that goes as fast as you put it up on the board.

Not everyone does it to try to make a ton of gil. I've unlocked all 4 star crafts except alchemy (I don't care about making reset books) and I haven't even tried to sell one piece of gear because I don't really care. I basically did it to make all my own gear and gear for my friends. I also didn't dump tons of gil into it either. Sure, maybe I technically did because I didn't sell my own resources I used to unlock them.

I enjoyed the whole process and I guess I can't relate to the people complaining about it. I personally would just not do something if I hated it so much.

[Sibyll]

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I really enjoyed crafting when I was leveling. Every time I unlocked a new skill it basically redefined how I'd be crafting. I thought it was novel that every class had it's skills that it could use.

Then I hit 50 and realized that I needed to get the required set of cross class skills to do anything at that point. I'm curious what aspects you found enjoyable because frankly the idea of using Reclaim to bait on optimal RNG isn't that enticing.

I'm also aware that everyone isn't out to make tons of gil. I wouldn't even say that's what I'm out to do. However, if I'm going to invest tons of resources (gil and time) getting Artisan off-hands and Supras to be able to do the 4* recipes then I'd like to have a way to at least break even once I get there.

[Empty-handed]

Yup, it is getting to the point where there just isn't one anymore. The amount of BS you have to put it is not worth the reward at all. When will crafting gear actually be good? Right now it is mostly glamour...pfft.

what? tell that to the 99% of the bards population rocking the Kirimu Coat penta melded... :/

actually. make that 100%.

[Meier]

what? tell that to the 99% of the bards population rocking the Kirimu Coat penta melded... :/

actually. make that 100%.

It is still not BIS. One piece for all the work they make us do with the crafting? Nope. It's just not worth it to me. I'll eventually do it, but taking my time lol.

What I meant was, they could make the crafted item drop from the raid and let us craft it into something, etc. But..I don't want to turn this too off topic. Just my own thoughts. I doubt it'll ever happen anyway haha.

[Ellatrix]

Yup, it is getting to the point where there just isn't one anymore. The amount of BS you have to put it is not worth the reward at all. When will crafting gear actually be good? Right now it is mostly glamour...pfft.

If you care about your own performance, all of the crafted gear is really good until you get higher ilvl upgrades. Crafted i110 is a straight upgrade to HA/Soldiery, especially in fixing acc issues for the later turns in FCoB.