new crafted gear useless for raid and so is materia V?

[Bishop81]

Never said they couldn't. Of course it's only temporary as more people get to the level they can make it. Again, I was responding to a specific comment by Giantbane (which described a monopoly situation... albeit temporary). I wasn't at all arguing that crafters would be able to maintain a monopoly.

Look, you accuse these crafters of being greedy.

But they took a great amount of effort (and Gil if they don't gatherer; i.e. They outsource part of the production and make less) to get to the level where the item can be produced before the rest of the crafting population. Their extra effort compared to their competitors is what you are paying the premium for.

The alternative is they don't go 110% throttle and the item won't even be in the board until some time later.

[BubblyBoar]

There is nothing stopping other crafters from getting to the level where they can produced the "over-priced" good.

But they took a great amount of effort (and Gil if they don't gatherer; i.e. They outsource part of the production and make less) to get to the level where the item can be produced before the rest of the crafting population. Their extra effort compared to their competitors is what you are paying the premium for.

Just going to point out the silliness of this. The biggest thing stopping a crafter from leveling is gil. Those with gil already have a much easier time than those without. They can level faster and better and even bypass the NUMEROUS gil walls people hit as a craft is leveled. There is plenty to stop it, especially when it comes to gearing up so that you cna make those high level recipes. And what's even worse is that if you true to settle on selling small things, richer crafters are quick to drive whatever you are selling into the ground to prevent competition. It happens, alot.