A New Synthesis Mechanic

[Reiterpallasch]

I miss the old ways when all crafts looked like the one OP listed.

[bobbygunz]

It would be interesting if there were wildcard slots like in the OP for all the recipes. And you could experiment with the recipe to figure out what combination of extra items would boost the HQ most. It could add a little depth to the otherwise simplified crafting system.

[fusional]

blood currant- bought from npc (1310g)
maple sugar- crafted from maple syrup, which is bought from npc (11g)
salted butter - bought from npc (90g)
pie dough - crafted from sunset wheat flower (65g), salted butter (see above), table salt (11g), mineral water (60g)
sun lemon - bought from NPC (897g) or gathered
natron - bought from npc (220g)
gridanian walnut - gathered
mineral water - bought from npc (60g)




the only thing holding you back is the gridanian walnut. if you don't want to spend time gathering those (they're pretty easy), check the wards. if they're not plentiful enough to support your grind, you can always just go pick up leves, craft, abandon, and pick them up again... which is pretty much what everyone else does to grind.

maybe you just picked a really poor example, but try to keep in mind that most any other craft will find it unrealistic to grind on whole finished items to level. they're generally stuck grinding parts which they then NPC.

[Zhyrios]

You need the Natron in there or your Tart won't look like a pastry...baking powder, you don't need it?

In my country that's in the dough.

[Zhyrios]

blood currant- bought from npc (1310g)
maple sugar- crafted from maple syrup, which is bought from npc (11g)
salted butter - bought from npc (90g)
pie dough - crafted from sunset wheat flower (65g), salted butter (see above), table salt (11g), mineral water (60g)
sun lemon - bought from NPC (897g) or gathered
natron - bought from npc (220g)
gridanian walnut - gathered
mineral water - bought from npc (60g)




the only thing holding you back is the gridanian walnut. if you don't want to spend time gathering those (they're pretty easy), check the wards. if they're not plentiful enough to support your grind, you can always just go pick up leves, craft, abandon, and pick them up again... which is pretty much what everyone else does to grind.

maybe you just picked a really poor example, but try to keep in mind that most any other craft will find it unrealistic to grind on whole finished items to level. they're generally stuck grinding parts which they then NPC.

oh cool only 277497 gil plus an eternity farming walnuts to finally get around to grinding at 27+ :P

[Eagleheart]

Two hundred seventy thousand gil can be farmed in approximately two hours farming the right kind of ore, or farming bomb ash.

I can clear five hundred thousand gil in a day with a few hours of mining. (o.O ) Hell, I have nearly a stack of darksteel ore +1 that I have mined in three days at about four hours a day. On Durandal, that is valued at a little over three million gil.

[Zhyrios]

Two hundred seventy thousand gil can be farmed in approximately two hours farming the right kind of ore, or farming bomb ash.

I can clear five hundred thousand gil in a day with a few hours of mining. (o.O ) Hell, I have nearly a stack of darksteel ore +1 that I have mined in three days at about four hours a day. On Durandal, that is valued at a little over three million gil.

is everyone as rich as you? everyone seems to think I'm a noob and must be only asking for this kind of system because i suck, right. unlike alot of people I'm not selfish like that, I'm proposing a system like this for the good of everyone, I have plenty of gil and it's always running, but you shouldn't have to fork out near 300k gil to grind a few levels on something.
What about the new players?

a system like this could go great places, its basically exactly the same as the current system, but more dynamic and realistic.

[Zhyrios]

You obviously know nothing about cooking

my question is have you every actually cooked anything before?

Actually yes, I cook a lot, I also know that you don't have to add exotic ingredients to every single thing you cook to get an average and good tasting meal - but when you do then it's special and extra delicious. This is realism, and the exact same system I'm proposing.

Have YOU ever cooked anything before, and I mean actually cooked using your brain, not just followed the guide in a recipe book word for word.

[Estellios]

I leveled up cooking making actual items and it's not bad at all once you know where everything is and actually look at multiple recipes. You just picked a horrible item to XP off of.

Cornbread is a little under blood currant tarts but everything is bought from NPC.

After that Scrambled Eggs and Acorn Cookies are available with ingredients you can buy or that gatherers get by the boatload and should be cheap.

Also FYI you may spend money on making those tarts but you could easily make a profit as blood currant tarts are the 2nd tier magic attack food and you can price them above the cost to make but below the pastry fish/crownd cakes.

[KiriA500]

I miss the old ways when all crafts looked like the one OP listed.