Quote Originally Posted by Liam_Harper View Post
You'll never taste those big 1-2 million+ profits now.
Hooboy. So much to unpack here.

First: You totally still get those big profits, your window is just smaller.

Second: Crafted gear is only better if you pentameld. This adds an additional cost that some would rather not deal with. +10 Ilvls is a significant boost in main stats and a fully pentamelded crafted set is about equal, and in some cases better or worse based on the substats in question. For weapons, damage is king. i485 beats out i480 without contest. 100 extra sub stats doesn't even come close.

And 'leveling gear' for crafters and gatherers were pointless as early as Heavensward because of Leves. You might make a stop at x5-x7 if you needed to, but if you were rocking the previous expansions top-end, you ignored everything else.