The grind is real

[Irovesa]

I love to craft in MMO's, but I find this one takes a very long time to level if you don't spend massive amounts of Gil on the market to buy the required mats. I tried farming mats once, but turns out the one or two enemies in the area that drop a specific type were always camped. I just got sick and tired of being poor and wasting all my time doing it.

[Pearz]

I think the grind was pretty simple. Each class averaged 3-4 hours to master. I had all my master tools in just over a week while keeping up with end game progression and a full time job.

I had alot of seed money to start myself off with though due to how much money I made from crafting previously.

[Lyrinn]

I posted this upon 2.2's launch, but looking back, I guess it wasn't that bad after all. It felt daunting at first though. x.x

[Haprimac]

I wasn't fully melded when the new patch came, because I survived well enough with the melds I had. And as I'm a cheap little bugger, I went to get my miner achievements done which resulted with 400+ electrum ore of which I made crafting jewellery for spirit bonding.

I've almost fully melded my weaver and am currently working on crafting those 50 cloth for the new main hand tool. Going to be a long grind, but I'm hopeful I'll get the tool this week and can sink my teeth to crafting spring dresses and other vanities.