Quote Originally Posted by Lienn View Post
They offer different rank recipes and later on might be used in different recipes (like darksteel only using iron ores). Also, for gathering purposes, some are easier to obtain than others, making them actually different materials that just happen to, right now, only craft the same thing because they are only used in one recipe.
Smelting appears to be the same rank regardless of material from what I've seen. I am aware that the gather rates/difficulty are set differently for each material one right now but I think there are solutions to that other than the current system. I also think strained inventory trumps that concern. Regardless, thanks for weighing in, as that would definitely need to be taken into consideration.