Quote Originally Posted by Perrin_Aybarra View Post
I kinda get this but you need to think of the big picture. Not everyone will be able to afford HQ gears or HQ mats to craft HQ gears even if it is more profitable. So there will still be a market for NQ gears for the average player who is low on gils. The rarity (as stated by Yoshi-P) of the HQ mats will make it so that it is rare and valuable to gather and craft the HQ gears but the majority of the mats available will be NQ.
I do see your point here even if i can't fully agree. But i think Yoshi-P is setting he self up to shoot himself in the foot here, too rare and the only HQ items you'll see is those high level items that people specficly went out get, too common and you'll never see NQ gear. it will be such a fine balance to get it right.

Either way the solution is simply no gurantees on quality (well maybe for super super rare items he's adding). have x% that NQ mats can = HQ, and x% that HQ mats may fail and = NQ. though the chance of HQ vs NQ in either scnario need to repersent the mats that are being put into the systh. which i think is how the sytem was "ment" to be as it is now, the fact that is not is the real issue.