Why is Crafting still in the game?

[myahele]

I don't think crafted gear should surpass gear you get via tomes dungeon loot of the same lv. I think it should be a decent/viable enough for those who can't wait for drops/lockouts.

[Ddmk]

I don't think crafted gear should surpass gear you get via tomes dungeon loot of the same lv. I think it should be a decent/viable enough for those who can't wait for drops/lockouts.

Ok I agree but something needs to change as it stands, you pay more tomes to craft on par items I propose either:-

Make the crafts require less mats and keep gear the same
OR
keep the cost the same and make the gear stronger

I'm not asking for bis, but if I'm spending my tomes on materials for a risky craft I want it to be worthwhile

[Nekodar]

Ok I agree but something needs to change as it stands, you pay more tomes to craft on par items I propose either:-

Make the crafts require less mats and keep gear the same
OR
keep the cost the same and make the gear stronger

I'm not asking for bis, but if I'm spending my tomes on materials for a risky craft I want it to be worthwhile

There are people out there that can 100% HQ the 2 Star recipes without having to rely on luck... Risky only if you're not one of those.
And those crafted i70 items are better than darklight, at least when HQ, and definitely when they've been melded, so it does make sense for them to cost more.

[Ddmk]

Ok lets take this example. you can buy darklight hands waist and feet for the cost of crafting 1 of these items.
Yes you can pentameld the crafted items if you have a few million Gil to waste to do it.
I agree crafted can be better but the cost of mats and materia is too high for such a small gain.
Thus the improvement should start with base stats and be improved even more with materia IMHO

Crafting gear will always be 20ish levels lower than best gear,but due to the cost I still think it should be better .

[Ooshima]

Personally, I felt that PvP gears could be a turn around for crafters but it doesn't seem to be the case.

If SE had made all PvP gears, (i55, i70 and i90) obtainable through crafting, then I think it would have made the crafting scene more lively again.

i55 gears could be made through current mats, then players wear them and get into PvP, earn wolfmarks where these wolfmarks can buy new crafting mats specifically used to craft i70 and i90 gears.