2,100 Shards?

[FJerome]

Food is already expensive because of the compounding shard/crystal costs of intermediary ingredients.

There's really no getting around that SE hates crafters. If it weren't for the RMT bots, shards/crystals would be 10x more expensive.

I imagine that the new ventures will essentially turn our retainers into sanctioned crystal-gathering bots. That's certainly what I'm planning to use mine for 90% of the time.

[Djeserit]

I imagine that the new ventures will essentially turn our retainers into sanctioned crystal-gathering bots. That's certainly what I'm planning to use mine for 90% of the time.

This. I might even buy another retainer and name it Crystal Slave.

[Zourin]

I imagine that the new ventures will essentially turn our retainers into sanctioned crystal-gathering bots. That's certainly what I'm planning to use mine for 90% of the time.

Its' a possibility, but as long as RMT botters have a presence, it's almost always more time efficient to harvest something else that's worth more, sell it, and buy the shards with the funds. As long as RMT provides a nearly bottomless supply, prices can stay at minimal levels. I never thought RMT could have an upside, but there it is.

[PROBOUND]

I imagine that the new ventures will essentially turn our retainers into sanctioned crystal-gathering bots. That's certainly what I'm planning to use mine for 90% of the time.

Was gathering shards/crystals/clusters on the list of Venture items? or did i miss something? Purchasing 2 More if this is the case! I had almost retired from manually gathering shards anticipating crystal/cluster recipes. This through a nice sized wrench into the pot. Let's hope the botters get busy soon!

[Songi]

Food's gonna be super expensive.

inb4 "crafters are so greedy y so high?!"

Rejoice as cooks return to how things were in 2.0. 10k per serving lol.

[meJojo]

It's an ingredient, not a meal.

Every crafter class is getting a new 10/11 shard recipe.

[Airget]

It's an ingredient, not a meal.

Every crafter class is getting a new 10/11 shard recipe.

Good catch, if anything this synth is used for the Tool upgrade quest if all crafts have a similar shard use. Depending on how many one has to make I see this as more of a means to make use of the rare materials as well as reducing a bit of the shards in the market. Since it has no other utility then being an ingredient, I'm going to assume it's for the DOH quest.

[chocomaid]

Either typo.
Or SE is in cahoots with RMT in secret.
Or SE just likes tormenting crafters.
Developers were tipsy at that moment in time.

All in all I had a laugh XD This will probably be changed considering the use duration and mats needed ratio.

[NyneAlexander]

Spicy Tomato Relish:

Dzemael Tomato
Cinnamon
Table Salt
Dark Vinegar

Fire Shard x11
Water Shard x10

So that's going to be 2,100 shards per stack or in other words 50k in shard costs alone. With capped shards I can make 4.5 stacks and be zeroed out.

Why so many damned shards for consumables? >_<

You can't even get shards all that quickly as you took breaking clusters and crystals into them away. You are basically bankrolling the gilsellers operations as they known the money is currently in bot farming shards and selling them to players. Thanks SE.

Besides this small things love the rest of the patch though. Look forward to a bigger and better things.

Are you sure the recipe only yields one? Most ingredient recipes yield 3-6 per craft.

[Lexia]

So that's going to be 2,100 shards per stack or in other words 50k in shard costs alone. With capped shards I can make 4.5 stacks and be zeroed out.

That really not that much for shards compared to what they use to be if you saying only 50k for the 2100 shards that only 23 gil a shard, now if they were at their former high prices I could see your point when there were going for 75 a piece which then would of been 157k.