Island Content Gated behind Expertise Crafts

[Deveryn]

The thing is, is that Yoshi P. stated that the island content was specific to the island, to come out and have expertise crafts, not only to have to get to rank 9/10 to the Island, complete the side quest, have every building to rank 3, and have all 4 land marks already built. The time/effort for the reward is lack luster. There are different ways to get people into crafting rather than lying to the people's faces.

Edit- The crafting recipe's are lvl 90 Expertise Craft- there is no macro for it as it requires pentameld gear and even if there was a macro it would still have a liability of failure. Lvl 90 Penta meld crafting gear is already expensive in its own so if we add the cost onto that. You are probably looking to spend close to 20 million pending the server for the Water Odder Otter Fountain for the stronghold.

Where is the lie? The content is specific to the island. This was not even sold as something to get people into crafting. The emphasis was on the fact that you don't need crafters or gatherers to progress. That it uses those jobs for an extra aesthetic item is a nice bonus, imo. With all the datamining and spoilers that float around it was a pleasant surprise as well.

The fountain doesn't even unlock until after hitting rank 10 and finishing what can be considered the base game. It's a bonus item and somewhere down the road, it'll be a lot cheaper than it is right now. Another thought would be to get friendly with a crafter. Maybe they can help you out.