Crafting is fun!

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I think they mean more in the sense that you cannot reliably HQ without access to the majority of the cross-class skills, which you're only going to have by leveling the majority of the crafts. That's the biggest problem with crafting in this game, and the Specialist system didn't really do anything about it (despite SE claiming it would). If you want to be a good Weaver, you have to level everything else to get those cross-class skills.

Yea the cross class skill will def make it easier. I'm working on those skills now before i try HQ 2 star items on my GSM. The main ones are carpenter and blacksmith, with those you should have a really good shot at HQ. Even without it though you can prob get 50-60% chance at HQ through HQ mats and touches alone. Like anything, your going to get out of it what you put into it. I wouldn't say doing leves to get lvl 50 crafters is all that difficult though. I do agree, it would be nice if you didn't need the cross classes.