Pointless Crafting?

[Seif]

I find the crafting system of this game extremely enjoyable when it comes to mechanics of synthing an item.

However I can't help but feel like there's nothing worth doing at high level.

There aren't any high level fish worth catching.

No valuable recipes to cook at 50.

No gear worth equipping or selling with LTW.


There's great potential here to rejuvenate the economy and balance the entire game but it's work that's still left to be done.
Can the developement team give us some hope and let us know that they at least acknowledge that there is some problems with crafting and the way it's affecting the economy?

2.1 was a great patch in many many ways but the surge of mats flooding from dungeon finder only further pushed down the price of everything in the game.

I hope you don't let your constant worry of RMT actions stray you away from making the game itself feel rewarding for those who invest a lot of time to it.

Thank you.

[Artemiz]

I'd suggest you go back to the market board and take another look, Cooking is arguably the highest profit craft. I still make money from Weaver, Alchemist and Goldsmith, it's not even hard, just synth what makes profit and don't expect to make 50k per synth. My only other 50 at the moment is Carpenter and you got me there, it's hard to make money with that craft due to a shortage of good synths and the fact that every serious crafter will have it at 50 for BB. You can still make decent profits selling leve items and crafting mats though.

[Lemuria]

I'd suggest you go back to the market board and take another look, Cooking is arguably the highest profit craft.

Highest profits, sure, but also one of the more annoying to craft for given that you need an arsenal of ingredients for many of the crafts. For virtually all of the high level items it requires a full 6 items, and some of them even require tome items to craft. It's profitable, but that doesn't mean they don't make you work for that profit.

The real problem is that there's not much of a market for higher level equipment, and food is the only real earner since it benefits people on top of whatever they're wearing. Aside from the occasional level 55 weapon for relic and even more occasional level 70 piece, there aren't any items which people would consider must-haves. With all the serious items being dungeon rewards in one form or another, crafters will be left in the dust if the SE doesn't do something to break the trend.

[Atheena]

I'd suggest you go back to the market board and take another look, Cooking is arguably the highest profit craft. I still make money from Weaver, Alchemist and Goldsmith, it's not even hard, just synth what makes profit and don't expect to make 50k per synth. My only other 50 at the moment is Carpenter and you got me there, it's hard to make money with that craft due to a shortage of good synths and the fact that every serious crafter will have it at 50 for BB. You can still make decent profits selling leve items and crafting mats though.

You're joking right? The market has crashed on my server!

[Reishi]

You're joking right? The market has crashed on my server!

same for me. we're drowning in that stuff and it still sells 100k-200k per piece. very easily.

[Shneibel]

You're joking right? The market has crashed on my server!

so does Excalibur, the price get dumb down a lot

[Shirai]

Anything is worth money, every little bit counts.
I'm making plenty by simply making much used consumables with my culinarian and alchemist while only spending a couple of hours farming and crafting per week.

I'm not making millions, but with the added gil I make from dungeons (about 1 per day) I make enough to get around with gear repairs, teleporting and leveling up my next craft once my Leve allowance is high enough to take the next one from 20 to 50.

[EmeraldHill]

For the relic precursor and that's it. Can't expect a casual themepark to have meaningful crafting.

[Crimson-Falcon]

There aren't any high level fish worth catching.

No valuable recipes to cook at 50.

No gear worth equipping or selling with LTW.

1- sharks grant lot of money especially for shark oil as its needed a lot in many crafts

2- lv50 cooks offers highest revenue as many ppl buy them to help them with coil or any endgame content

3- as for gears gryphonskin with melds + militia for SBing are selling good

i got 3 million gil just from LTW alone

[Lafiele]

There is always opportunities to make money. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not there. Why? because by the time you see it, everyone else has too.