Quote Originally Posted by Kes13a View Post
IF lodestone is correct.. you are undergeared and under materia'd to even consider the current end game gear.

Pactmaker's is better stat wise than what you have, and is comparable to the blue gear. period. your materia is running level 7 and lower aside from one 10.

even WITH Pactmaker or the tome gear you will be under, that will require materia, and the better stuff. which you can get with tomes.

once you put in that effort, should reach the minimums easily. the bar is set rather low, and is easy to reach, just more effort and does not require any penta melding. these are MASTER recipes.. they should be expected to have higher requirements than base. there is no problem with the requirements, its just the effort you are putting into it

AR-Caen is the lowest level 90 gear you can get for crafting... crafted or otherwise... same with chromite tools
"Master" craft or not The minimum should not require so much work... Putting in the time to be successful is something I need to do yes but my point is even after getting the Pactmakers gear, I will not have "Minimum".
The level I need to actually craft it will of course be higher and require good use of skills and proper basic materia. That is the difficulty. The difficulty to even try and fail is what I am talking about.
I admit I need better gear and I am working on that. Thank you for your help.