Hardcore crafters, SE has rewarded you big-time in this patch.

[Hermaeus_mora1]

I think a dedicated crafter should have a bnb set of products. Bsms for instance, while it's not a rapid fortune, find steady profit in i150 tools. Sometimes you gotta use your reserves to jump off a sinking ship. I was a bsm spec when the patch hit and Wednesday(day 2) I saw what was 3.2's gold mine and used that money to get to 3*-able stats. You always gotta spend some to earn some. I made over 20 times the gil spent on gearing the new spec. Anyways, they went wrong with alc and cut. Specially alchemists.
As of new gear, the apron came up only in 2.5. I think we'll only have new tools for now. Maybe accs(unlikely) and a new artisan's spectacles, which I don't want right now, as after four months I've finally got to full i170 8/8.

[Aarik]

Isn't blacksmith can make money from Replica allagan and high allagan weapon?

Best of luck on that. It's the only thing we can make with very few buyers and many many sellers. It's an undercutting war, and one that is quite frankly pointless. You'd make more gil from selling a batch of low-tier food, which does NOT require a stupid amount of gil and time investment.

[Nezerius]

As of new gear, the apron came up only in 2.5. I think we'll only have new tools for now. Maybe accs(unlikely) and a new artisan's spectacles, which I don't want right now, as after four months I've finally got to full i170 8/8.

While it's possible to use the gearing process in 2.x as a base for how the 3.x one will be, I think it's better to look at something more recently, namely the stat requirements from 2* to 3*
2* recipes require 718 Craftsmanship and 695 Control
3* recipes require 850 Craftsmanship and 820 Control, which is an increase of 132 and 125 respectively.

Unless the iLvl of the tools greatly increase to accommodate for the presumed requirement for 4* recipes, we'll need a whole new set.

[StillShield]

I went into pstch 3.2 with three spare soulstones in order to change to any trend based classes. I dumped ltw and wvr immediateling and swithched to gsm and crp wen i saw that accesories was in extreme demand.