what's the point of specialist recipe?

[Callback]

Desynth cap makes even less sense. How does that support the "you can do anything" armory?

If they actually cared about what they claim, they would have made specialists work like jobs. lv30 unlock, lowers your cc skill cap, more/better abilities along the way to let them HQ reliably. As for recipes, give them a specialist bonus for matching an affinity recipe instead of locking the recipes behind the spec. 15% reduced progress/quality requirements or something. Keep it as a way of competing with omnis, not punishing them for no reason.

[Cerseil]

I would like to thank you Arthur since you have been buying all the mats that are quite hard to come by and take a while to gather I have made more friends since favors came out and instead of buying it of market we are mainly trading with each other. It's a great feeling to be able to work with other end game crafters and help each other do what we love - crafting. It's not too late for you to make friends you are not the only end game crafter on Zodiark there are quite few.

[AlphaSonic]

I like the specialist recipes, it allows me to interact with other crafters from my FC and we are able to give anima items to our FC mates.

Atte: another crafter from Zodiark. Kisses <3

[Nylisa]

As for my old DOH friends or competitors? lol, they all AFK. In fact, they are only a few hardcore crafters in Zodiark at now, no more than ten. I don't believe hardcore crafters can become friends.
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that depends , im sorry but the way you play this of course this whole specialist recipe thing gets annoying ,
you know me and half of those crafters you talk about are my friends and we are perfectly fine covering each others weaknesses with specialists.
if you rather be rich than to make friends, don't blame this on the game , one of the biggest points of this specialist system is encouraging players (crafters) to create a friendly community
and of course basically sitting on summoning bell and undercutting all other crafters every 1-5 minute and buying all the supplies on market to force players/crafters hands + selling items 10 times their worth is not actually creating a friendly community , and for the sake of what? gill?

specialist recipes are the only thing that keep some people from completely taking over the market since they have nothing else to do but being online
that is one of the biggest issues of market in FFXIV , the winner is the one who stays online the most. if they do it like Guild wars 2 and charge player with tax every time they list the item , it avoids this sort of mess , but im getting out of topic , specialist recipes are best i found more crafter friends since 3.1 than i did in past year and a half!

[Thalen]

I hope specialist system will not only stay, but becomes even deeper. It is a good idea and great refreshment for the market. it enforces socialization and thats why most of the people are playing MMORPGs!

Saying that crafting specializations will cause "another Dalamud" is exaggregating of dinosaur proportions, lol.


- Master Crafter Thalen

[Jynx]

"The point." Is to discourage one man bands in a MMO.

It doesn't prevent omni crafter but it does deter it enough to allow more crafter overall into the markets and encourage cooperation withing the game.

I'm ok with this.

[Vasala]

The big issue is locking recipes like this reduces competition to the point the finished materials become too expensive for the average player. Just look at the prices of the relic turn ins on many servers. When you factor in the fact that you need 4 each of the 4 different HQ items the total bill is insane. I feel very sorry for the people that have no crafters at all.

(Exodus prices: Kingcake 348000 + each for HQ, Adamantite Fransca: 634000+ each for HQ, Titanium Alloy Mirror: 900000+ each for HQ, Dispelling Arrow: 446000 + each for HQ. so total bill if you buy the finish products: 9,312,000 or more depending on if the cheapest are gone when you try to buy. This is a bit out of range for many players since many could not even afford 4 mil + for a house if any were available.)

[Jynx]

The big issue is locking recipes like this reduces competition to the point the finished materials become too expensive for the average player. Just look at the prices of the relic turn ins on many servers. When you factor in the fact that you need 4 each of the 4 different HQ items the total bill is insane. I feel very sorry for the people that have no crafters at all.

That's an issue with gil inflation not the crafter. Many player have inordinate amounts of gil with nothing to spend it on.

The crafter only change what people are willing to spend and obviously more than enough people can afford their products to keep the market sasiated.

[Thalen]

The materials are expensive because its new and many people are willing to buy it at that price, not because of specialists. In few weeks / months, they are going to be way way cheaper. Thats how it always was with all the recipes, just look at Thavnarian stuff, which is not gated behind specialists.

[Silica-chan]

Because you're supposed to make friends in this game.

Funny. So just because I'm an omnicrafter who likes to do stuff by myself means I have no friends?
Many of the friends I made dislike crafting and I loved helping them out by providing them with gear/materials they needed.
The Idea of specialist skills to help people out that don't have the dedication/time to level up 8 classes (11 with the gatherers) is great but locking out people with specialist recipes is a god awful decision.