2,100 Shards?

[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.

[Arkghyom]

Hold up. We can't already do that?

Only in our wildest dreams.

[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.

[chocomaid]

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.

That's exactly the problem, this particular recipe is susceptible to market fluctuations.

Tbh, it would be better if it was 3 fire/water crystals, instead of a higher amount of a lesser shard. Difficulty in shards needed should be the tier of quality, not quantity (unless it is a special recipe like pets and whatnot).

[Skies]

Random question but
Why do you need a full stack of any sort of food right now, though?
It won't vanish when you die so it's 30m of buff up, that's 49 Hours and 30 Minutes of food buff upkeep...

Do you sincerely need that much within the entire month? That's 6 days worth of 8-hour sessions and even if you're pulling that off you're definitely not going to keep food up all that time.

[kidvideo]

Hold up. We can't already do that?

Only in FFXI.

[Lexia]

That's exactly the problem, this particular recipe is susceptible to market fluctuations.

Tbh, it would be better if it was 3 fire/water crystals, instead of a higher amount of a lesser shard. Difficulty in shards needed should be the tier of quality, not quantity (unless it is a special recipe like pets and whatnot).

susceptible pssh.... crystal prices on balmung have been in the toilet for quite some time now

[chocomaid]

Random question but
Why do you need a full stack of any sort of food right now, though?

Selling.
Giving to your FC/Static members.
Sharing.

susceptible pssh.... crystal prices on balmung have been in the toilet for quite some time now

That is why I said susceptible, not guaranteed lol. You seem to have an idea that price will stay like that forever, it may rise it may drop, susceptible can go either way If there is enough demand for it, it will rise.

[Hayward]

I agree with Nyne on this. Ingredient recipes often yield a good amount of product (Smooth Butter, Tomato Sauce, Maple Syrup/Sugar, to name a few) per synth, so I wouldn't see much reason to worry about shards more than before. Besides, it's difficult to believe crafters would want more than 99 of a particular ingredient unless they're looking to mass-produce NQ meals (which is even less believable at 50) or the desired recipe requires more than one of that ingredient (Button Mushrooms, for example).