Let's talk new master recipe books...

[atlings]

What do you need to get them? Can't see until I get home from work.

So no new crafting gear? Just gotta meld the HQ white stuff we have then?

900 red scrips per book. Yup, just meld some more on the white gear. Dunno if this combat gear will sell though, it's easy enough to get to 320 without paying for it. Good for retainers, I guess.

[Vicci]

They can't make this much harder. I think they expect players to use that crappy NQ 300 gear for scripts with no CP and no melds, which is worse than ilvl 290 white HQ.
Mainhand is an excuse tho.

But why? They have made crafting so boring. Its no skill, just endless grind with no real efford. Wheres the challenge from Mor Dhona for Books and Lucis gear?

Crafting made for the plebs which explains why beast quests from Ixal and Mog are so braindead easy so lvl70 crafter who bought their gear because they cannot do that don't really know how to craft.
Hell Ive seen people lvl 66 who doesnt knew what steady hand is there for

Wait.....

900 red scrips per book. Yup, just meld some more on the white gear. Dunno if this combat gear will sell though, it's easy enough to get to 320 without paying for it. Good for retainers, I guess.

Red.... scripts?
RED? Is this for real? At least I have a reason to do Zhloe once per week again xD Proves my point above. Braindead grind

[Ostwar]

900 red scrips per book. Yup, just meld some more on the white gear. Dunno if this combat gear will sell though, it's easy enough to get to 320 without paying for it. Good for retainers, I guess.

Depends on how creative people get with penta-melds, first i320 gear able to allow this! And with i330 gear requiring heeps of creation tomes (with a weekly cap) i320 crafted gear might be a stop gap for some along the grind ladder.

[IllyriaKnotfred]

They actually didn't add any new crafting/gathering gear? Extremely disappointing.

[EvianEverdeen]

How are you all recommending to meld with the new minimums? What's the most economical/logical? Post an Ariyala link? I'd appreciate it!

[IllyriaKnotfred]

2 star food sucks as well. Lovely.

[StouterTaru]

How are you all recommending to meld with the new minimums? What's the most economical/logical? Post an Ariyala link? I'd appreciate it!

Here's what I'm going with http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/11EZQ
not the most efficient, but it's a quick jump from what I already have melded

[TaleraRistain]

Red.... scripts?
RED? Is this for real? At least I have a reason to do Zhloe once per week again xD Proves my point above. Braindead grind

This is exactly as expected. III and IV were blue scrips so going one scrip level backward fits the pattern.

[StouterTaru]

This is exactly as expected. III and IV were blue scrips so going one scrip level backward fits the pattern.

It wasn't 100% though, since yellow scrips don't have a weekly cap. Glad I waited to do Zhloe turn ins this week.

[Cleanse]

They can't make this much harder. ...

... They have made crafting so boring. Its no skill, just endless grind with no real efford. Wheres the challenge from Mor Dhona for Books and Lucis gear?

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There never has been difficult crafts. Especially now that the game is large enough to have a strong crafting community. Resources, discussions and macros/rotations are common knowledge, shared knowledge, if you know where to look (ie these forums). ARR was about rng and using Reclaim.