The aches and pains of crafting!

[GrumpyCrafter]

I love ARR but it's crafting system has pissed me off more times then i care to mention. Its mainly down to the reliance on luck based mechanics and having to level every crafting class to 50 if you want to stand a chance with 3 star recipes.

I have leveled all the classes to max and am met with the materia melding system. Based on the current server's economy prices for materia range from the decent to the ridiculous, but that's just part of the issue. I'm met with a percentage chance to meld on materia that cost a fortune and have lost hundreds of thousands of gill in failures. You don't have any control over that fact its simply luck that will bankrupt you on your road to 3 star crafting.

I apologize if this is a bit wordy but i wanted to know if anybody else felt the same. I just want to be able to craft the best items off my own hard work not by chance. This thread is for those people that have had similar problems and maybe could offer help and advice to other crafters.