Please Remove the Materia Melding Crafter Restriction

[Tev]

Food is nowhere near as important as 216 secondary stats, it's also incredibly expensive. That price is why people don't use it in DF. If it was free, I'd use it all the time.

I am taking the small amount of effort to do it. I can do something while simultaneously thinking it's stupid.

Well you're fine to think it's stupid, it is a valid enough opinion. However there is going to be a group of people who think anything you can think of in this game is stupid. I'm simply going to say I do not think easing the incredibly small inconvenience of finding a crafter to meld your gear for stats that are completely unnecessary beyond the most difficult content is worth removing that utility from crafters. Edit: I also find this inconvenience totally acceptable for people who do the most difficult content that benefit the most from these stats, being someone who does have experience doing coils and savage; my opinion of course.

[AzakaTonnerre]

Food is nowhere near as important as 216 secondary stats, it's also incredibly expensive. That price is why people don't use it in DF. If it was free, I'd use it all the time.

I am taking the small amount of effort to do it. I can do something while simultaneously thinking it's stupid.

Something important should be expensive. That expensive could be buying it or it could be the time it takes to be learn to do it yourself.

Now, however, end game raid and token gear are coming with materia sockets. As these gears are not crafted, we shouldn't have to hunt down a crafter in order to meld materia into them.

Funny how some people complain about how "casual" people kill the game because they want everything handed to them, yet complain when something they want isn't handed to them. (ie - having to level crafting to meld). Not directed at you in particular... just the situation.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

If it was free, I'd use it all the time.

Level up culinary when you're idling in Idyllshire. Any food you make you can use yourself for free for all content.

[Kaurie]

Something important should be expensive. That expensive could be buying it or it could be the time it takes to be learn to do it yourself.

What?! I never said it shouldn't be expensive. I said the reason why people don't use it in dungeons, is because it is expensive. Did you even read my post?

Well you're fine to think it's stupid, it is a valid enough opinion. However there is going to be a group of people who think anything you can think of in this game is stupid. I'm simply going to say I do not think easing the incredibly small inconvenience of finding a crafter to meld your gear for stats that are completely unnecessary beyond the most difficult content is worth removing that utility from crafters. Edit: I also find this inconvenience totally acceptable for people who do the most difficult content that benefit the most from these stats, being someone who does have experience doing coils and savage; my opinion of course.

Undoubtedly, for every thing in this game there will be at least 1 person who thinks it is stupid.

That said, I don't think nor necessarily want the utility removed from crafters. I suggested in the other identical thread that they add a crafting recipe that is like a 'mobile meld kit'. This would be sellable so that someone who does not craft and cannot find a crafter could purchase it off the MB and meld their own gear - similar to glamour prisms or something.

[Tev]

While I personally prefer having to meet a crafter myself; I can accept that compromise easily. I agree with you here.

[Mycow8me]

Actually you can get food for free sometimes if your in an FC that supplies fruit bowls, etc... They are not much but every little bit helps.

Sometimes FC crafters will even give you food for free if you ask.

[Seezur_Undies]

I'm not sure I see why it's a big deal

Go to idleshire, shout "need someone to meld xxxx"

Get it melded

Man what an inconvenience :\

its hard using words and forming complete sentances you know xD

[Seezur_Undies]

mind if i steal this, i see it beciming extremely useful xD

[Zojha]

mind if i steal this, i see it beciming extremely useful xD

I find it saddening, because the benefits of leveling "all" combat classes to 60 are probably far smaller than the benefits of leveling "one" craft to 60 ._.'

So much for effort and deserving things >_>

[Warlyx]

u cant compare food with materia....not even close , food cost 30k for 30 min ,materia once sloted is permanent bonus ,and u cant change gear so fast , example lore gear now , if u dont raid savage u are waiting until wine is avaliable in Void ark weekly (3.3 probably ) , upgrade a piece every othe week.

if u raid all that is meaningless since u are already melding , using food and potions. Being a raider isnt cheap at all , is a huge gil / time sink itself. If u dont craft all the gil goes to food/potions , if u craft all your free time goes to farm and craft food and potions (crafting 1 at the time of course ¬¬ )