Upcoming Craft Changes

[Reika]

While I applaud them reducing the amount of materials it takes to make an item, I am not in favor of how they changed the base materials. I mean 3 logs for 3 pieces of lumber??? Were they high when they came up with that idea?

::Edit:: After further reviewing the new recipes and the lower materials to output ratios of the base materials like leather and lumber, I think the crafting system is going to be far worse than it was before. I think leatherworking which was already hard to begin with is going to be impossible now. The prices of hides are going to skyrocket and with them nerfing resell values of items there is going to be less gil for the less advanced crafters. Right now the only way I make any money is to vendor my crafted items. And technically I am not really making money because I have to buy so many shards. I think this might have a worse effect on the game economy than Bush and Obama have had on the US economy.

No, they have lower yeilds now because finished items overall require a lot less. Take the armorer recipe for Steel Cuirass for example. it will need 2 steel plates, 1 iron rings, and 1 brass ingot That is a total 12 iron ore, 3 bomb ash, 2 copper ore, and one tin ore. Then look at the recipe for Iron Cuirass. it takes:

2 iron squares (2 iron nuggets - 4 iron ore(12 nuggets))
1 brass rivet (2 brass nuggets - 3 copper ore, 1 zinc ore(12 brass nuggets))
1 sheep leather strap ( 1 sheep leather - 1 sheepskin(4 sheep leather))
1 bronze rings (3 bronze wire - 2 bronze ingots - 12 bronze nuggets - 3 copper ore, 1 tin ore(12 bronze nuggets))
1 bronze chain (6 bronze rings - 12 bronze rings - 12 bronze wire - 2 bronze ingots - 12...........

I refuse to complete that list lol. Overall, the old iron cuirass takes a billion different crafts and too many different materials to make. the new iron cuirass will probably be 2 iron plates, 1 iron(or bronze/brass) rivet, and 1 brass (or bronze/brass) ingot. A lot less crafts to make it, and I am totally lovin it.

also because parts and the waste-of-time materials are going away, we will all use A LOT less shards and crystals in order to obtain finished gear. Grinding on finished gear will also be much better, and probably the way to go now.