Gil Spam

[Granyala]

If SE wouldn't design crafting to be as tedious, grindy soul crushing and RNG infested (Hello 16% chance overmeld with materia @120K gil a pop) then we would not have this problem.

More people would level their crafters, more people would EQUIP them at 60 (the true brick wall grind) to be able to craft star recipes.

More supply same/less demand -> Prices go down. Economics 101.

SE simply fails to account for player mentality when it comes to crafting, since we all know how much better asian folks can tolerate mind numbing grinds compared to western players.

[RyuSaarva]

If SE wouldn't design crafting to be as tedious, grindy soul crushing and RNG infested (Hello 16% chance overmeld with materia @120K gil a pop) then we would not have this problem.

More people would level their crafters, more people would EQUIP them at 60 (the true brick wall grind) to be able to craft star recipes.

More supply same/less demand -> Prices go down. Economics 101.

SE simply fails to account for player mentality when it comes to crafting, since we all know how much better asian folks can tolerate mind numbing grinds compared to western players.

what your melding is 16% that seems really high unless you don't even overmeld items propelry and grade IV control materia is about 180k and grade III is 60k right now on phoenix, so since I am out of materia right now, I only craft tools and body pieces which I don't plan to meld before grade V materias become easier to get.

[Granyala]

what your melding is 16% that seems really high unless you don't even overmeld items propelry and grade IV control materia is about 180k and grade III is 60k right now on phoenix, so since I am out of materia right now, I only craft tools and body pieces which I don't plan to meld before grade V materias become easier to get.

Meld chances (e.g.: Chestnut accessories): 100% -> 35% -> 16% -> 11% -> 7%
Generally it is not advisable to use Tier IV materia on Slot 4/5 since you burn way too much gil trying to press that one in.

Also LMAO for calling a 16% chance "high". It is crap like this that makes people shy away from Engame crafting.

The result is what you people lament: a few persons controlling the markets.

[Felis]

If SE wouldn't design crafting to be as tedious, grindy soul crushing and RNG infested (Hello 16% chance overmeld with materia @120K gil a pop) then we would not have this problem.

Materia melding have nothing to do with level up a DoH class.
just buy the needed items for the leves and GC from the MB, if crafting them yourself is too much for you.
Also, you can buy materias from the Diadem shop, if they are overprized in the MB.

[Granyala]

Materia melding have nothing to do with level up a DoH class.
just buy the needed items for the leves and GC from the MB, if crafting them yourself is too much for you.
Also, you can buy materias from the Diadem shop, if they are overprized in the MB.

You don't craft do you?

If you did you would realize that leveling a craft to 60 means jack shit. You won't be able to craft anything worthwhile, because everything even remotely interesting is locked behind star recipes that need MOAR STATS.

How do you get MOAR STATS? Dump millions of gil into the RNG slotmachine or spend weeks on the red script grind.

Leveling a craft to 60 is MAYBE 25% of the effort required to get ready to craft 2* patterns, and lets not even begin about chances of HQing them.