New Cosmetic Items Too Expensive and Will Promote Gil Buying

[Namasu]

2.2 was great for crafter. You make great stuffs and earn every gil by applying all your crafting skills on 3 star items. You had to pay attention to fight the rng and maintain a good HQ rate. The gears were great for min-maxers that need filler for second coil or w/e. Hell they even throw in like a gazillion crafting recipe for us to work out butts off. All was fun and game.

Now BAM. They want us to invest 5~10mil alone to craft augments for a set of dyeable ilvl55 AF????

Here's a short and simplified breakdown of the cost reflected on my server:
10 terminus putty = usually 30k but they are all bought out now so 80k each x10 = 800k
2 "philo"/gc seal crafted items - about 50k each to make = 100k
2 "myth" crafted item - 200k

So you're looking at ~1mil alone to get 1 piece of augment. Guess what? You need 2 pieces for the body. So better go pull out all your saved up gil and hope you can even make 2 pieces before all the mats are gone from marketboard.

Yea now I have to basically give up my animus if I want to use my myth on anything craft based.

Seriously SE You aren't screwing with crafters here. You're just encouraging more people to buy gil to get the cosmetic they want. This is starting to feel more like a free2play game that people rip their wallet up to look shiny. Shame on you Yoshida and I regret ever believing in you when you say that crafter will be relevant.

[Reynhart]

Ok, sorry if I'm misunderstanding since I'm still downloading update

2 "philo"/gc seal crafted items - about 50k each to make = 100k
2 "myth" crafted item - 200k

Aren't GC items obtained by spending grand company seals ?
And "myth" crafted items, by tomestone of mythology ?
That is to say, not a single gil spent ?

10 terminus putty = usually 30k but they are all bought out now so 80k each x10 = 800k

Why don't you craft them instead of buying them ? Since it's a "crafter content", it makes sense to require people to craft something, don't you think ?

It's like saying "A dungeon gear you can sell on market board ?! Totally gil-seller friendly" when you can simply do the dungeon to obtain it for free.

[Eissels]

Ok, sorry if I'm misunderstanding since I'm still downloading update

Seems like you buy Terminus putties on market board looking at the moving price. So, someone sold them, therefore, there's another way to get them, which must be cheaper if someone want to make profit.

Aren't GC items obtained by spending grand company seals ?
And "myth" crafted items, by tomestone of mythology ?
That is to say, not a single gil spent ?

It's still a ludicrous amount of assets going into what could've easily been a simple feature.

[Reynhart]

It's still a ludicrous amount of assets going into what could've easily been a simple feature.

Like I said by editing my post : It's a crafter content requiring people to craft something.
I don't see the issue there.

[Tashigi]

Should have been simply dyable, the same way Darklight junk has been dyable.

[Namasu]

Like I said by editing my post : It's a crafter content requiring people to craft something.
I don't see the issue there.

Ok. Doesn't matter if it's crafter content or not. Regular players want in on dyeable AF or primal glowing weapons or glowing lvl90 weapons because they look cool. To put it short, the amount of materials needed to craft any single piece is way too much and in the long term it will dry up the server stock. Demand will always be high for these kind of things but the supply will be low since they take A LOT of myth and the current myth source right now isn't enough to allow regular players to realistically save up and buy these items.

You need to be either hoarding a lot of gil from selling carries or crafting in previous months or buy gil. Isn't it sad?

[Moheeheeko]

Personally I don't like the idea of dying AF gear at all from a rp/lore standpoint. This (for its level) powerful armor passed down from generation to generation, only so the new kid on the block can paint it pink....

or..like this

[BinnyBees]

I think it's fair to say....90% of MMO players don't give a rats butt about "lore" or "story". lol

Most people skip quest text/cut scenes anyway....so, majority of people would want the option of customizing their character whenever and however they choose.

Myself included. Most people don't like looking like everyone else. So, screw the lore. lol I want to be unique! Or at least have the option to be (Which is why we have the Glamour system) ;P

With that said....I kinda see WHY they made it this difficult for us to dye these items....they wanted to make the lore-hungry people feel better (since it's grindy) but also still give us vanity people the option at least.

Yes, I am being shady towards lore people. lol

Oh well...good luck to everyone.

[Reynhart]

You need to be either hoarding a lot of gil from selling carries or crafting in previous months or buy gil. Isn't it sad?

No, you need to start gathering basic materials, tomestones, and craft.
Maybe it's because I'm not playing crafter/gatherer, but when I want some stuff (Even for glamour), I'm totally fine with doing dungeons and raids several times to drop what I need.
I'm not ranting (day one) saying it will promote gil buying

[TestSubject09]

Everything has to be easy on this game doesn't it... as if it wasn't easy enough.