Island Content Gated behind Expertise Crafts

[Skivvy]

So, uhhh, what are these crafts you speak of?

Found it. That is a really odd choice that they linked it to outside crafting. Good ol' SE.

[Jojoya]

So, uhhh, what are these crafts you speak of?

Found it. That is a really odd choice that they linked it to outside crafting. Good ol' SE.

I think it's SE's way of responding to the crafters that complained Expert wasn't an efficient way to make gil in Shadowbringers. Now there's an item that many will want but can only be gained through Expert crafting - or bought from someone who's done it. It's a totally optional vanity item so players can skip if it they don't want to do the work or pay the gil.

[LittleChickenNugget]

Yeah, nah, I'm kind of with OP on this one. If it's supposed to be an IS thing, then it needs to strictly be an IS thing.

by that logic, the store should be cleared of anything people can use outside IS.

What?

[Momo_Kozuki]

By the way, the island prism for appearance change on the island requires a lv90 crafter too. But the materials are cheap and market crashes fast, so it might be not a big deal.

[Deveryn]

Yeah, nah, I'm kind of with OP on this one. If it's supposed to be an IS thing, then it needs to strictly be an IS thing.

by that logic, the store should be cleared of anything people can use outside IS.

[Avellin]

I'm gearing up my crafters just to make this. I feel like this will be a gigantic pain.

[Jojoya]

There was bound to be a little crossover between IS and the outside world. It still doesn't require outside content to progress your island, only to apply a specific "glamour" to it.

Now that YouTube has a couple of videos showing the fountain, I can understand a bit more why this has people upset. It's a major upgrade in appearance over the other landmarks. At the same time, that explains the "expense of importing it" - you're not going to make something with that quality using the crude tools created on the island.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygZtnslyXg

[SturmChurro]

Agreed. Make it an IS grind if anything, but not actual crafting required. There needs to be more things in IS anyway.

[Wyssahtyn]

trying to find a crafter to make them with your own mats is impossible, lol. just going to have to wait until better gear comes out or something if you don't have pentamelded gear

[hydralus]

I'm looking forward to 6.3's update where they patch in a special unique animal you can have in your farm, but you have to get every spell in the BLU spellbook or it won't appear. Then in patch 6.4 they'll add a cabin that actually has walls, but you can only build it if you have the necromancer title.