Quote Originally Posted by cearka View Post
People keep getting this wrong! HQ crafted gear is EQUAL to aetherial dungeon drops. Aetherial occasionally has a few extra random stats, but the base stats are the same.
BUT crafter gear can be melded! and anything lvl 40 or below is VERY cheap to meld. This makes that crafter gear BETTER then dungeon drops.

But no one seems to know this? Why? Because apparently we crafters are freaking lazy. We complain about all the freebies for DoW/M classes but we're basically asking for freebies as well.
First of all, lvl 40 and below gear, in the face of quests that give out gear, and the speed of leveling, isn't going to be in demand because they are outgrown so quickly.

Second: You talk of laziness, pentamelded gear isn't exactly cheap or easy to attempt to create, You're against large odds with each meld. Many Players go the easier and cheaper route of Tomestone gear,which costs no gil to do so. So again, your pentamelded stuff can have a large price tag, but it won't be selling quick,it will be open to undercutting, and if you take it for yourself, will not raise your ilvl, meaning PF groups that will be out of your reach.

But you say the Crafters are lazy? I disagree. It takes some serious dedication to make gear that is functionally obsolete.