Quote Originally Posted by Biggs View Post
Well, I am not actually asking to recieve plus 1 crystals any way differently than how you get plus one materials now. They would still be predominantly gathered items. You get shards and whole crystals now from gathering, so its actually not different at all. I even say in my post I am on the fence with how they would need to go about making them a craftable item, but at no point do I suggest having one +1 crystal equal 100 quality. In my opinion those formulas would need to be worked out as to reflect roughly what they are now. Obviously plus 1 shards would give much less of a quality bonus than a plus one whole crystal. At no point in time am I asking for them to GIVE me anything, all this would do is rework a system as to be as it is now but less cumbersome. They could still easily work it so you couldnt gather plus 1 crystals all in the same spot, just as it is now with gathering plus 1 items.
the majority of +1 materials in synths are crafted items. they are what crafters make. sure gathering hq ore helps make hq ingots, but it takes crafting by crafters to make those. that aspect should stay just the way it is now in my opinion. making crafted gear is not the job of the gatherers. gatherers gather the base materials, crafters make the advanced materials to combine into gear, and the battle class uses the finished gear to get more. that's the way the circle should exist and that is the way it is now.