Thread: 2.45 crafting patch notes.

Making 50 items for artisan tools was a pain. Since 2.4, I lost the motivation to do it for my remaining classes because it was possible to skip to Supra and all the time getting artisan would be a waste. I welcome the change. It shouldn't take that much grinding for second best.

I also welcome the demimaterias nerf. It was too ridiculous to get those in the first place, and they've stayed at around 1 million a pop on my server since the day the patch came out. I have stayed out of 4-star because it was too much gil/grinding for too little benefit.

Sealants have come down in price and will continue to in the long run. It takes weeks from "oh crap, I have to do these stupid ixali quests to get anywhere" to actually getting sealants. Supply will continue to increase. Eventually, demand will taper as the more dedicated/wealthier crafters get geared up, and prices will fall to the point where items made with sealants find demand from a broader base. Other mats purchasable with oaknots will also get dragged down once the value of sealant approaches the value of other mats that can be purchased with an equivalent amount of oaknots. It may take another month or two to reach that point, though.

The new mastercraft farm will be Artisan Needles. GSM still is the king of desynthesis. That is all folks.

Originally Posted by giantslayer

Making 50 items for artisan tools was a pain. Since 2.4, I lost the motivation to do it for my remaining classes because it was possible to skip to Supra and all the . . . SNIP

Oh boohoo, it's hard? Is Novus or Nexus easy? We all did the grind and so should you. If you can't handle it, then crafting isn't for you. I would have understood changing it to 25 from 50 but not less than 10.

We already have a surplus of crafters with a deficit of raw materials, especially the lower grade materials that no one wants to go gather. Along with usually a lack of philo mats. Bringing up more 3 star crafters that didn't earn it only makes the fight for mats worse.

There is next to no motivation for miners and botanists in the game now because everything is becoming desynth related. So unless that issue was addressed, getting 3 star should not have been made a 30minute craft.

Originally Posted by inter

I hope that I'm wrong.

You are wrong.

Trust me, you're going to see a huge supply of Mastercraft Demimateria flood the Market Board after this patch hits. Why? Each of the Artisan Tools can be desynth'd into up to 3 Mastercraft Demimateria AT A TIME! This is huge compared to the Artisan Spectacle's paltry ONE per desynth. Not to leave out this important detail: The Artisan Needle only requires a laughable 8 Silver Brocades to acquire...TWO less than Artisan Spectacles! It doesn't take a mathematician to figure out how much this will affect supply on Mastercraft.

Blacksmith has more methods of obtaining Mastercraft...sure, but that doesn't matter when GSM will still have it easy by desynthing artisan needles.

Originally Posted by inter

I was taking the amount of materials into consideration. There will be a lot more work for materials (Crystals, Cocoons, Silver Ore, Effervescent Water) and more time (crafting the Twinthread) involved.

Basically the same amount of work as Spicy Tomato Relish was. Really nothing changes except the acquisition amounts per attempt will be a lot higher for GSM desynth now. 8 Silver Brocades per tool is a huge buff. Honestly, HQing twinthread can be done quite easily without relying on a Hasty Touch or Basic Touch Rotation if you're a 3* and above crafter with Bouillabaisse. Probably doesn't even require food of such quality but I'm not in game currently to check. All I'm saying is this will bloat the economy with Mastercraft so I hope you all have sold off or hurry up and sell them at a high rate of speed before the value plummets.