What is the point of Culinarian?

[MrDiezel]

Culinarian doesnt serve a *huge*of purpose- at least on my server. Coming from a 2 star crafter, I make little profit at first glance. Best meal on MB on my server is Boullibaisse (sp) at around 3,800 HQ. Most other crafts can make way more profit than CUL can.

There are 2 keys things to note about Culinarian: Depending on the recipe, the materials can be rather cheap and very easy to obtain. Especially if you have Botanist leveled. Because of this, Culinarian is nice to have to get your DoH hat in Mor Dhona (10 spicy tomato sauce or w/e) as opposed to Goldsmith's Rose Gold Ingot. Which requires Rose Gold nuggets and 9 Peacock Ores (yikes!).

Besides that, I wouldnt break sweats trying to triple overmeld it or anything. And though the materials are easily accessible, just about every meal calls for 5-6 different items. Will eat your inventory space.

Even the 3 star recipes are over looked. Best 3 star recipe atm is Popoto Pancakes. Selling ~6k. An ingredient, Dalamud Potato, sells for 15k NQ on the Market Board. Feel my frustration!

But again, this is based on Cactuar Economy and pricing at this very moment.