Why do Prototype chest pieces still take 4 weeks to obtain?.

[SendohJin]

It makes the alex chest worthless, as your time is better spent on other alternatives.

Because you can tell exactly how other people can and should spend their time? as if everyone wants to grind the same old dungeons to farm lore mats, as if everyone has the gathering gear to get the mats to get the stuff crafted in the first place.

Also on the other thing, you literally suggested to party finder a crafter to make you something so you can sell it. That's scummy.

you can't tell that i just copied and edited your statement?

[LunaFaye]

It makes the alex chest worthless, as your time is better spent on other alternatives.

Also on the other thing, you literally suggested to party finder a crafter to make you something so you can sell it. That's scummy.

Not gonna read the whole topic, but if you find a crafter that is dumb enough to just craft an item without charging for it, because the other person got all mats that's on him.

I do it for friends or fc members when I am in an fc, but the moment I offer my services on the pf, despite the fact that the person has all the mats, I still charge you for my effort of having to click 5 buttons and shards. I don't care what a person does after that with the product.

He could be standing naked on his head, cracking nuts with his butt cheeks while throwing the chest piece in the air. All I care about is, I got paid for the minimal effort I've done and made someone that has no crafting professions happy and donated a little bit of gil (in case he sells it). Win win situation.

[Lyraele]

Urm it doesn't take 4 weeks, it takes 2.

A11 and A12 drop springs each so if you roll smartly you can have the chest in 2 weeks.

What do you mean by "roll smartly"?

[LunaFaye]

What do you mean by "roll smartly"?

He's confused. Springs are for the legs (a11/12 drop) while shafts are for the chest and only drop in 12. If you then adapt his confusion to your looting priorities, you could loot 2 springs from 11,12 in week 1, and another 2 in week 2, so it takes you only 2 weeks instead of 4 to get the chest piece in his opinion, which would be true if these items are meant to be exchanged for the chest instead of the legs. That's what he calls roll smartly. Is that even a word?

[Dzian]

4 weeks for a chest maybe. But you can have a full set of 250 gear in 5 weeks. I don't think that's too bad.

[TheGrimace]

At the very least, I think it would be good for them to lower the amount of Springs and Shafts required for Legs and Chest pieces from 4 to 3. I feel like the system in place is definitely an artificial way to lengthen the amount of time people spend gearing in Alexander. The catch is that many of these people would spend just as much time in the instances each week anyway, just aiming to get different gear. Instead, we just see the same people running the instances over and over, and in the case of the final two fights, I always see 4+ people lotting exclusively on the Springs or Shafts. People leave unsatisfied, they try again, and the process repeats. Sometimes you get lucky, but often times it just makes me sour to even try for the higher sought after items because the process is irritating. The fact that there are i250 crafted items definitely doesn't make Alexander more appealing either, overpriced or not.

[MomomiMomi]

I don't care what a person does after that with the product.

Maybe you don't care, but some crafters do. They charge much less to craft something for you than the price on the MB on the assumption that you're going to actually use the equipment you crafted for them.

[Mandudez]

Maybe you don't care, but some crafters do. They charge much less to craft something for you than the price on the MB on the assumption that you're going to actually use the equipment you crafted for them.

It's a sad state of the game when you see crafters in PF requiring that you spirit bond the item in front of them after they make it because of people like him...

[Xenosan]

The 'Normal' tier raiding gear never made any sense.

Just like the normal tier raid itself.

imho

[LaylaTsarra]

Personally i wish Shafts would drop in A11 and A12. It'd certainly make it easier to get a chest piece.