whats the point of crafting...

[Raskbuck]

No, I won't switch to Allagan/Mythology. As a way of protesting, I'm going to keep ALL my i70 crafted, forbidden melded, until we get better crafted gear.

I wish I had that dedication... personally I think I'll just worry about the penta-melded accessories.

Also, nice to see you in the forums! I keep running into you both in-game and outside of it.

[Hysterior]

what I mean if even if it was superior, is it worth investing in taking crafting to level 50 and gearing up up, just to make those items?
It it sure great for people who are already crafters but I am not sure the incentive is enough for someone to start crafting

[Gurpsmeister]

So suddenly because dungeons are relevant you expect people to shell out hard earned gil on materia melded crafted gear? Sorry, but dungeon drops will do the job just fine all the way up to 50. I'd bet my bottom dollar you won't see a penny increase in that field at all.

Most folks I know who got the drops from dungeons kept them, and in fact having gone back thru on a diff class have started or completely collected other sets.

I for one could level any mage or tank class from 15-50 in dungeon drops alone.

[Ksenia]

Crafting in ARR



Welcome to hell

[Feilina]

Pretty constructive. *sigh*

Do you really expected a crafting without materials? Or what is it what you're trying to tell us?

[Vortok]

Have someone on our server shouting they'll finish 2 star crafts in under 1 minute. Sounds like the definition of a side attraction.

I mainly wish the process of crafting itself (aka, gameplay) felt engaging again like it did while leveling. Currently the most engaging thing is making a list of mats when I'm making more than one thing at a time to minimize how many times I have to talk to my retainers/walk to the tradecraft vendor.

[Cromstar]

Just saw the New 2.1 patch promotional Trailer. New Dungeons, Hard and Extreme Mode for Existing Dungeons, Free Company Housing, PVP area, Aesthician (change your look NPC), Treasure Hunt, Beast Tribes Quests. And for us Crafters? probably some scraps, as usual. Thanks Devs, and Yoshi P. Seems we are wasting our time here, posting and debating for nothing.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/spe..._Realm_Awoken/

Will wait for 17 Dec. 2013, for this 2.1 patch, still hoping there is still something to make End Game Crafting/Gathering meaningful once again.

[Kallera]

Just saw the New 2.1 patch promotional Trailer. New Dungeons, Hard and Extreme Mode for Existing Dungeons, Free Company Housing, PVP area, Aesthician (change your look NPC), Treasure Hunt, Beast Tribes Quests. And for us Crafters? probably some scraps, as usual. Thanks Devs, and Yoshi P. Seems we are wasting our time here, posting and debating for nothing.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/spe..._Realm_Awoken/

Will wait for 17 Dec. 2013, for this 2.1 patch, still hoping there is still something to make End Game Crafting/Gathering meaningful once again.

Yeah, we are seriously being left out in the cold, I'm not holding out much hope for PVP making any sort of change in the economy that won't be trashed by "participation rewards".

[Vortok]

From this thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Updates/page3

Though it says the thread will be be deleted once the proper livestream summary post is put up.

Q20: How can we obtain the PvP gear?

A20: You'll earn points as you rank up, and you can exchange these points for equipment.

Translation of the translation: Get wrecked, crafters.

Additional, from the lodestone:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...46f445f1e93802

Near the bottom.

Spoils of Battle
Players are awarded PVP EXP and Wolf Marks for participating in matches. Wolf Marks can be exchanged for PvP-exclusive gear, materia, and actions.

Unless there's another set of crafted PVP armor and the gear that can be bought is starter gear without materia slots (not all that unlikely, tbh - well, crafted vs pvp vendor will likely be like DL vs crafted atm), sounds like we're glorified materia slotters. So glad we spent the time and effort to properly meld our crafting gear. Materia melding and spiritbonding gear to sell materia takes such high stat requirements.

/salty

[Ranzan]

Why do yoshi hates crafters so much? after the Live Letter I lost all hope in crafting and feel i had wasted my time with it!