Crafting Needs a Place in Endgame Raiding

[Viridiana]

Such a simple solution to this. . .

Make the actual best in slot (for a few slots, not all of them) be something unsellable that requires an unsellable dungeon/raid drop. Then you make the second-best a close contender but clearly inferior, so there's a desire but not a need to get the BiS.

Oh, look, you now have a BiS that requires DoW/DoM and DoH! And heck, you could even make one of the mats an unsellable DoL gather! The best part is, since none of it can be sold, there's no chance of RMT getting involved.

[saber_alter]

Such a simple solution to this. . .

Make the actual best in slot (for a few slots, not all of them) be something unsellable that requires an unsellable dungeon/raid drop. Then you make the second-best a close contender but clearly inferior, so there's a desire but not a need to get the BiS.

Oh, look, you now have a BiS that requires DoW/DoM and DoH! And heck, you could even make one of the mats an unsellable DoL gather! The best part is, since none of it can be sold, there's no chance of RMT getting involved.

but then the person is forced to level a DOH and DOL to use it, which isn't helping them or the economy.

catch-22 much?

[Felis]

but then the person is forced to level a DOH and DOL to use it, which isn't helping them or the economy.

catch-22 much?

Not if SE bring also a craft request feature, like the meld request feature. Then a crafter can craft it for you without that you need to give him the items.

[stephenjd3]

Such a simple solution to this. . .

Make the actual best in slot (for a few slots, not all of them) be something unsellable that requires an unsellable dungeon/raid drop. Then you make the second-best a close contender but clearly inferior, so there's a desire but not a need to get the BiS.

Oh, look, you now have a BiS that requires DoW/DoM and DoH! And heck, you could even make one of the mats an unsellable DoL gather! The best part is, since none of it can be sold, there's no chance of RMT getting involved.

this might be the worst idea yet

[Viridiana]

but then the person is forced to level a DOH and DOL to use it, which isn't helping them or the economy.

catch-22 much?

Oh? I thought the thread was complaining about crafting being useless. I'm suggesting a use for crafting. Plus, y'know, only one of the mats is coming from a dungeon. That still leaves a handful of other mats that can all come from other crafters.