Quote Originally Posted by killstein View Post
not even going to try to complete all my crafting log entries.
I understand your frustration. Towards the end of HW I went and completed all of the "I Made That V! _____" achievements, for the golden glowing MH tools. So, I know how hard (or, in some cases, easy) the Crafting Log can be.

Personally though, I expect another level of the I Made That achievements. That's why I'm leveling my crafters with a combination of the Crafting Log and Leves. ARR gave us rings. HW gave us MH tools equivalent to the best scrip tools. SB will give us ... who knows?

My advice is just to be sure to keep your Retainers busy gathering stuff that you are going to need. Whether it is mob drops (DoW) or fish or stuff obtained from mining/botany nodes, or just plain ol shards/crystals ...

FWIW, making everything by hand (or QS'ing when not seeking HQ) I'm finding that Weaver and Goldsmith are closest to 70 after completing the level 66 and 67 recipes in the crafting log. Culinarian is lagging badly, and is the biggest Leve user to keep up. Alchemist is the second biggest Leve user, followed by Carpenter and Armorer. Since I'm making at least one of everything anyway, I may as well hand them in for the exp, even if that means crafting something thrice instead of once.