Crafting is dead

[Hanmerreborn]

Anyone who actually thought that crafts would no longer depend on high level gathered or crafted materials from other classes was fooling themselves. As it currently stands, SE has delivered on their promise: it is no longer required to level every class in order to craft high-level recipes effectively. The drawback is exactly the same thing that non-crafters have had to deal with since day one: if you don't craft, you have to pay others to make the things you want. If you craft just one craft, then you have to pay other crafters to make the things you want. This is as it should be.

That's the biggest load of BS I've ever heard.

Here are ONLY 1 star recipes that you can make with JUST weaver (and appropriately leveled gatherers).

Imperial Operative Dalmatica
Militia Tights
Carpenter's Hood
Weaver's Gibus

With only a level 25 alchemist requirement (natron) with low level mining mats you can make pretty much every other 1 star item because of the requirement for undyed felt, which can also just be gathered from maps (also the few recipes requiring darksteel and rose gold nuggets can also just be crafted this way).

Here's a list of 56-60 recipes (you know, the stuff you make to level) that you can make with weaver + gatherers only
Crawler Silk

You're absolutely right, why would anyone assume that when previously you could craft the high level stuff with just the current class (or gathered from maps), that all of a sudden even leveling crafts would require a 50+ armorer, goldsmith, and alchemist to make a single piece of weaver level 59 gear for a level 58 DoM piece. It's always been that way. *rolls eyes*