Quote Originally Posted by Cleanse View Post
Since you can gather and if you can meet the min for 2 star crafting (using Rath's rotation/cp requirement), strap up and take a day to farm some favors and slowly build your own gear. It's much more satisfying having your name on all your gear.
I do like making my own gear and getting the HQ... but when you have like 81 ~ 99% on HQ and hit the final synth to finish the gear only for it to turn up as a Normal Quality. I just just, the RNG is sometimes cruel to me during crafting or lucky like I have 9 - 21% and I manage to get the HQ item. The high chance hitting the 1% of if NOT getting HQ and I got it.

Which is why I sometimes buy the darn gear on the MB. I'm just going to get the ilvl150 gear for all my Crafters to share so I am at least partially ready for the next step in 3.3. I am in no hurry to get the best gears for my Crafters at this time with 3.3 coming along and my Guildmaster of our FC is a Master Crafter with all HQ i180 Crafting gear and has helped me a lot with my items as well so I can ask him when I can... though he only does the requests on the weekend so I know when to hit him up for help.

And to Roth's previous message... good to know we won't be gated behind Specialist Classes at least, but I am wary on how those gear will be obtained.