Quote Originally Posted by BushWookie View Post
This.

It seems as though only the richest will progress. The midcore crafter with 20-30 million, not to mention crafter's with less, have hit a brick wall. Wtf?
Right. I went into Heavensward with about 20M that I put aside, knowing I would want a decent nest with which to get my ALC, WVR, and LTW to 60 and geared. I've spent about that much getting WVR and ALC to 60 with a full set of gear (though not melded--I assumed it would be wise to wait until we knew the requirements for 2-stars). LTW is currently receiving XP solely from GC turnins to mitigate costs. Even the money I spent getting these two claseses to 60 hasn't been made back yet using anything I can produce with them at 60.

I'm making the largest majority of my money on AF Augmentations, which are reasonably priced to make and sell for a respectable premium. I've done nothing but lose money and time trying to profit on level 60 crafting. I would have been better off not leveling either class, and that's sad, because crafting has always been my preferred way to kill time once my DoW/DoM leveling is done.

This new system only adds to the investment necessary to "kit out" a given class, and so far as I can tell, the market for the items it will allow you to make (both the crafted DoH/DoL sets and the DoW/DoM stuff) is going to be incredibly small because prices are going to have to be astronomical to recoup the investments of time and money necessary to make them.