Island Content Gated behind Expertise Crafts

[Liam_Harper]

Re: Expert craft for the fountain.

The entire point of Island sanctuary is casual, which expert crafts are not. They are completely antithetical to the purpose of the Island Sanctuary.

They're the hardest things crafters can do. It's like requiring Ultimate for doing a Relic.

It's like requiring an EX trial for a Relic with the option to simply buy it on the marketboard instead.

[NekoMataMata]

Flex points, that's all. Some people care about having all the things.

Yeah but even if you want it, if you're patient enough it'll eventually either be much easier to craft or much cheaper to purchase(or both of course).

[Atelier-Bagur]

The fact that I don't remember this means that it's time for me to do another ARR relic. O.o

Ive completed the whole thing 3 times amongst my 3 characters. It was definitely such a time and gil sink since I had to rely on marketboard to pay such exuberant prices for those needed crafted items. It was hell but hey at least I got those nice ARR weapon glams for some of the jobs that I wanted. Good Luck doing it again!

[Atelier-Bagur]

Now that's masochism.

That said, it's not actually required; the step in question (where you need an HQ furnace ring and HQ perfect firewood, I think it is?) will let you also just buy the material off the marketboard. But otherwise you need to craft it yourself, and to craft it, one of the components is an item that you only get by desynthing some stuff you buy from a specific merchant.

It's either spend more time leveling a craft job needed to make those items if you havent already, or spending a fortune on marketboard for them. Either way you're gated behind crafting for ARR relic.

[dspguy]

I wouldn't have even called it "content locked behind expert recipes." Landmarks grant higher groove caps to your workshops. Which you can get without the fountain.

I see it like a mount from a savage raid. Would I like that serpent/firebird thing? Sure! However, the content isn't locked. I can still ride a mount (my free chocobo from level 15 or so). Or any other mount that I manage to get. But if I want that otter fountain, at least I have options to buy it or craft it. If I want that savage mount, I have to clear the savage raid. That's it.

[LianaThorne]

Yeah but even if you want it, if you're patient enough it'll eventually either be much easier to craft or much cheaper to purchase(or both of course).

I mean, I personally haven't gone after the fountain yet. I don't really need it. I just understand the mentality behind those that have an obsession with having all the new things first. Would be smarter to wait but can't blame em for dumping gil on things if they have it. Some are walking around the game with billions in retainers and don't see an issue with it/have nothing to spend it on otherwise.