Alchemist recipes?

[Deminia]

I think it was an odd choice to remove so many of the base ingredients required by alchemy before releasing the alchemy changes. IMO, those items (and any for Culinarian) should have been kept in game until the next patch. I don't mind them getting rid of the items for the crafts they did already adjust.

The rationale perhaps was to not make alchemists craft up things like dye that will no longer have a use to the other crafts. However, with no new recipes for alchemists to craft, and so much removed ahead of time, alchemists won't have much to craft with at all in the meantime. Can you imagine if they had adjusted all melee jobs except lancer and said "oh sorry - we will update you next patch, but we pulled most of your actions now anyway?"

[LuxLex]

Can you imagine if they had adjusted all melee jobs except lancer and said "oh sorry - we will update you next patch, but we pulled most of your actions now anyway?"

So they are removing those items, without adding anything else in? Really? /mindblown

[Deminia]

So they are removing those items, without adding anything else in? Really? /mindblown

Yes - they have Culinarian and Alchemist slated for new recipes and adjustments in the next patch, 1.20. The old recipes can still be used, and you can still use up any pre-existing materials you already have. The problem is they are removing so many mob drops and gathering items in this patch. When those drops people already have stashed on their retainers are all used up/sold, then those recipes will no longer be able to be used. That is fine for the other crafts who will have new recipes this patch to accommodate the drop changes. It leaves alchemists wondering what to skill on.

[LuxLex]

When those drops people already have stashed on their retainers are all used up/sold, then those recipes will no longer be able to be used. That is fine for the other crafts who will have new recipes this patch to accommodate the drop changes. It leaves alchemists wondering what to skill on.

Wow, this is totally absolutely nuts. What the heck? So I am not going to be able to level Alc after the patch? Who thought this was a good idea?

[Felis]

The problem is they are removing so many mob drops and gathering items in this patch. When those drops people already have stashed on their retainers are all used up/sold, then those recipes will no longer be able to be used. That is fine for the other crafts who will have new recipes this patch to accommodate the drop changes. It leaves alchemists wondering what to skill on.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post362909
report the item and it would be changed

[LuxLex]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post362909
report the item and it would be changed

thanks a lot. Where do we report it?

[Deminia]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post362909
report the item and it would be changed

That is true for anything listed as a "new recipe." They are adding back any items they put accidentally on the "remove list" that are called for in new recipes.

Since there are not any new recipes this time around for Alchemy, and since a large amount of the drops alchemists use will no longer be available from vendors, gathering, leves, or mob drops, alchemists will have a tricky time finding items to skill on once the existing supplies are used up.

It isn't forever - they are adding new recipes in the next patch - and for all we know, perhaps they will add them in one of the mini patches they do between major patches.

For the OP - you will still be able to level your Alchemist through leves and using up any existing items with the old recipes. I agree that it sucks - I am in the middle of bringing my alchemy up too and I am probably going to just shelve it after my supplies run out, at least until the next patch.