Quote Originally Posted by darkstarpoet1 View Post
Bone Harpoon Head - Goldsmith (12)
Maple Spear Shaft - Carpenter (10)
Bone Harpoon Butt - Goldsmith (1)
Bronze Spear Clasp - Blacksmith (1)
Animal Glue - Alchemist (5)

yep all classes to 50 you say? the highest you would have to be on any class is r7 to make any of the parts and you can get there by doing one local leve. the final synth

Harpoon - Carpenter (10)

if you can't take the time to do one set of local to get the required levels to make the gear then you don't need to be crafting in the first place.
That was only what I made and it is a low rank weapon, but it discouraged me. What about Dodore doublet http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Dodore_Doublet

mats are leather r45
and armorcraft r40

The craft for the doublet is r48 leather, so to make that one piece it can take months of craft ginding just to get those 2 crafts up, then what about when you want other pieces as well that means more crafts need ranking.

So if you wanna make 1 set of gear for your rank 50 on your own you do need all crafts high rank which is more tedious than it needs to be.

Difficulty = using the right options not forcing you to rank all crafts over months to rank 50.
Yes it is high rank piece, that you need things from a NM to make but it still needs other high rank syths to be done first, having to rank multiple crafts just to make one piece is not increasing difficulty, it is making it more tedious.