Quote Originally Posted by bobbygunz View Post
I think the point is that 3 slotting materia is probably more time consuming/expensive than just getting an item from a dungeon or someplace. Well, it depends on the drop, and the materia used, but it's a general rule of thumb all the same.

There's really no incentive or impetus to craft when the amount of investment to craft some of these items far exceeds the payoff. Crafting is basically irrelevant at the moment. Generally speaking.
Funny.

AF cannot beat most single-double melded armor for those wanting the best results (not even Warrior), and Ifrit/MogKing weapons require extreme amounts of luck to obtain.

I will agree on something though, which I've said before: crafting should be more community-involved. Ergo, this thread is barking up the wrong tree; I do think that Ifrit/MogKing/etc. should instead of dropping actual usable weapons, drop some something akin to the abjurations in FFXI that would require a piece of cursed gear that's only craftable by a DoH.