Quote Originally Posted by Sorel View Post
I'll have you know that ALL of my finished goods (mostly axes and hammers) sell very well in Limsa Lominsa's Market Wards.

There is more demand for finished goods than for parts, but grind-crafters are so dependent on parts as a crutch for their grinding, they leave the demand for equipment that players can actually use unfulfilled.

Now I'm happy to profit from others inability to see past their own SP/hour. But I also recognize that the larger problem of not enough finished goods in the economy and grind-crafters' self-disconnection from that economy needs to be fixed. If that means kicking the crutch out from under grind-crafters ... so mote it be.
What I don't think you are understanding is this: Parts being removed means crafters will grind on finished items. This will lead to an excess of finished items. The wards will be flooded, nothing will sell. And all those finished items will be more than anyone can carry since it will eat up all their inventory space so instead of vendoring parts from grinding, they will be vendoring their finished items.

It sounds like you mostly do your leveling in crafts from leves. Is that a correct assumption?