Quote Originally Posted by scarebearz View Post
I think the new 4 star difficulty is balanced pretty well, if a bit too easy.

The mats required however i think area bit over the top for i110 items.

Much more timely/costly than 2 and 3 star items were in comparison.
The huge level difference makes ingeunity pretty ireelevant (saving CP) other than that, 4* crafting just seems the same. And for the most part, I don't mind the materials required for some of the 4* crafting (specifically the battle gear that require allagan and solderily materials).

It's the process of getting the stats for 4* crafting...that requires the new offhand, which requires 6 ehcatli sealants (time gated by 8 days), which is then RNG gated for HQing because the 6 sealants are diluting the quality increase. Then the Master II books which are even worse than Master I in regards to getting the proper quality for it.

Food though...it's just blagh. The materials are absurd to acquire (especially the fishes), HQing it can be a pain because it also uses soldierly mats (Which cannot come in HQ), and some of them you won't ever maximize your stats that you're better off making full use from a 2* food.