Quote Originally Posted by Kymusashi View Post
Non flame crafter here, and I really gotta wonder how you can possibly be whining/complaining about this? It's one piece of gear early in the game's life well before the biggest overhaul of all in 2.0. Go outside and get some perspective on what you're breaking apart over.
This is a really tired response, especially on these forums.

It's 80% more craftsmanship and 50% more magic craftsmanship than non Flames members can get. I'm not whining, I simply posted the translation and noted the discrepancy against prior statements.

Yoshida said "choose based on stories, the items won't matter," but they do. It's just a matter of fact.