Will crafting be useless in 3.5?

[Nezerius]

While it's probably not something that'll allow crafters/gatherers to make tons of gil, 3.5 seems to add a DoH/L version of Khloe Aliapoh, named Zhloe Aliapoh. From the most recent live letter:

Zhloe Aliapoh
This is a new type of content for the Disciples of the Hand and Land. Players will receive gathering and crafting requests for collectable items from specific NPCs, and strive to raise their satisfaction levels. We're also planning to introduce other NPCs aside from Zhloe Aliapoh. This content will eventually be expanded to focus on glamours, and we would like to have players be judged on their glamour in future updates.

Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3959454

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Scratch and Scrip tickets, nice.

Since the Khloe stuff was described as a scratch-off ticket, lol

[magnanimousCynic]

I wonder what rewards the Crafter/Gatherer version of WT will be if new DoH/DoL gear (or better gear, to be specific) is unlikely. Unless I'm reading the picture wrong, rewards for turning in items include Gil, Blue and Red scrips, and a new Heart-shaped currency of sorts? Hard to tell from the image but I hope this content has good rewards besides just being a new outlet of obtaining scrips. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what that heart currency rewards us with.

[Nezerius]

The icon to the left of the gil one is likely related to the satisfaction level of one of those NPCs, kinda like reputation.

[dspguy]

I think all Patch 3.5 will do is open up all those specialist recipes to everyone else. That's about it for crafting. And some odd furniture items or something. Patch 2.5 wasn't different either. There wasn't much to do. I think all they did then was lower the cost of synthing those materials (that ixal sealant became more abundant, allowing nearly any player that wanted crafter/gatherer equipment to obtain it).

[CompSci88]

I am sure in 2.5 they added the ilvl 110 crafted items some of which were better than the ilvl130 ones for a lot of jobs. However, ilvl 250 are already in the game. That's why I am worry.

[magnanimousCynic]

The weapon will still sell well since you can dye them, which not many weapons can.

[DarkDedede]

I just wish they added an actual use for all the desynth fodder materials I've amassed, from all the glamour gear given away in PotD. Demimateria is usually always in demand. However, many vanity materials have no current value, since the recipes that the materials are used in are for glamour gear that are given away. No point in making gear that is already going for "desynth fodder" prices.

[JackHatchet]

"Will crafting be useless in 3.5?"

Such a short-sighted assumption. Have you forgotten that fresh level 60s with 140ish~ gear can't just queue up for things that drop high level gear? Crafted/tradable gear will always have a use as long as such restrictions apply.

[Nekotee]

Also

Last part of the anime relyc quest will pop out, the return of crafted item ? Maybe