Specialist Recipees: Why do the developers keep listening to bad requests?

[FoxyAreku]

Oh this sounds awesome. I'm happy they're doing this. Having recipes that not everyone can make is great for the economy. Plus you can be a specialist in everything anyway if you save your red scrips so it doesn't keep you from anything for long.

[jomoru]

Oh this sounds awesome. I'm happy they're doing this. Having recipes that not everyone can make is great for the economy. Plus you can be a specialist in everything anyway if you save your red scrips so it doesn't keep you from anything for long.

No, its great for the person who has them, its horrible for the actual economy. Of course its not going to matter because everyone is going to take the same 3 since it will be obvious which is the best.

[FoxyAreku]

No, its great for the person who has them, its horrible for the actual economy. Of course its not going to matter because everyone is going to take the same 3 since it will be obvious which is the best.

Incorrect. Every craft will have recipes, thus every craft will have things they can sell, and thus there will be no 'best'. (Though the least popular crafts will obviously sell for the most).

Also an economy everyone can make money in is a great economy. This will only be bad for people who don't craft and don't have gil. But these changes aren't for them in the first place.

[jomoru]

Incorrect. Every craft will have recipes, thus every craft will have things they can sell, and thus there will be no 'best'. (Though the least popular crafts will obviously sell for the most).

No they won't so far that's proven completely untrue. Compare Thav Glamour to Draconic potion of mind. If you only get 9 recipes and most of them are completely useless and another craft gets 34 which range from being upgrades to other crafts, upgrades for battle classes, and one of the most expensive Glamour options out there. It will be increadilbly obvious what is the right specialization to take.

Also an economy everyone can make money in is a great economy. This will only be bad for people who don't craft and don't have gil. But these changes aren't for them in the first place.

Monopolies don't do that. They concentrate money in a smaller area thus decreasing the flow over all. And stuff only a small portion can do creates a monopoly.

[FoxyAreku]

No they won't so far that's proven completely untrue. Compare Thav Glamour to Draconic potion of mind. If you only get 9 recipes and most of them are completely useless and another craft gets 34 which range from being upgrades to other crafts, upgrades for battle classes, and one of the most expensive Glamour options out there. It will be increadilbly obvious what is the right specialization to take.



Monopolies don't do that. They concentrate money in a smaller area thus decreasing the flow over all. And stuff only a small portion can do creates a monopoly.

Um? Am I the only way who saw your comparison as in favor of the alchemist?

Potions are more profitable than glamour items by default because raiders have to keep buying them.

It'll take balancing of course and culinarian and alchemy will always have an edge over other crafts simply because of the nature of those items and how they go hand in hand in raiding, but you'll be able to make money with glamour items and gear for gatherers as well, so you'll have profit no matter what you pick.

[jomoru]

Um? Am I the only way who saw your comparison as in favor of the alchemist?

Potions are more profitable than glamour items by default because raiders have to keep buying them.

It'll take balancing of course and culinarian and alchemy will always have an edge over other crafts simply because of the nature of those items and how they go hand in hand in raiding, but you'll be able to make money with glamour items and gear for gatherers as well, so you'll have profit no matter what you pick.

I see you believe you are on WoW. Well welcome to Final Fantasy 14. Potions last ten seconds so are practically useless. People don't buy food for raids. Very few people do serious raid content so even if they did buy food for raids it wouldn't match the simple fact of glamour value. More people buy housing stuff than potions and as we know "NO one has a house!"

[FoxyAreku]

I see you believe you are on WoW. Well welcome to Final Fantasy 14. Potions last ten seconds so are practically useless. People don't buy food for raids. Very few people do serious raid content so even if they did buy food for raids it wouldn't match the simple fact of glamour value. More people buy housing stuff than potions and as we know "NO one has a house!"

Yeah okay we're done talking, you clearly don't know a thing about this.

I guess those stacks of raid food and potions I make millions of gil a day off of were just a part of my crazy imagination, and the thavnairian bustier I sold after it sat on my retainer for a week while the food and potions sold faster than hotcakes was also part of my imagination. I'm so silly. XD

Maybe you being on the unofficial RP server scews your economy just a tad, but on a server like mine where nearly everyone tries to raid this stuff is super profitable. You even need food to craft properly! How can you say this isn't protitable?

Like, you just saying potions are useless and no one buys food for raids just outs you as a bad raid player right there, I'm sorry lol.