o.O Overkill on the crafting Dumb down?

[AlexNiculaie]

do those of you who are cheering the crafting changes actually craft? or do you just like this in theory?

Yes, even though it is not my primary past-time. I like being able to make stuff for myself and my friends. I even like the mini-game, though I believe it could use something to make it feel less stop-and-go.

[NoctisUmbra]

The way i understand it is post .19 only nq/hq will be created. with +1,2,3 legacy items remaining untouched until .20

Nope.

With 1.19 we simply get new, simplified recipes. HQs remain entirely intact and still produce +1,2,3 results.

With 1.20 the HQ system is revamped entirely and existing items are all transitioned based on their decision on which way +2s will go. The old recipes are also removed, leaving only the simplified ones.

[Mikita]

gotta make tons of ingot before 1.20 to get rid of all the nuggets.... lol

私もです。＞＜
Me too.

[Onizuka]

In the past days, Yoshida-san has been giving out information on the new HQ mechanics for the first time (thanks! ), and he answered exactly to what I asked for in this Topic last week. I particularly agree with these two points:

We want to make sure that you will not experience a sense of futility when your synthesized item turns into NQ at the last moment.

As such, we believe that it is important that the HQ items can be synthesized with certainty if the proper effort is put in.

And that was kind of my point in my old post: rewards for your efforts and no more just a random luck-based system (particularly for crafting HQ materials, and the Horn Glue example I did back then suits perfectly).
As a crafter that doesn't stay that much in Eorzea, but that nonetheless puts commitment and time, even weeks, when gathering HQ materials and trying to create HQ ones, often not seeing these efforts rewarded, it relieves me to read there're plans to make it change.


Anyway, I'd like to know what will precisely happen after patch 1.20 to +2/+3 items, materials and equipments already in possession. Is there a defined plan yet?

[Taelyn]

2. HQ Revamp
We are planning on implementing the HQ revamp in patch 1.20. Following the release of patch 1.19, the current specs for HQ items will remain in place, so current HQ items will not be affected. Until Patch 1.20 is released, the current specs for HQ items will be used. Also, in the new specs, HQ items will only be created if every ingredient used is HQ. Obtaining HQ versions of the ingredients will require a mix of luck and skill. (We want to make sure that you will not experience a sense of futility when your synthesized item turns into NQ at the last moment.)

Question. Is there a plan in process to upgrade potential rewards from leves to HQ, such as a Notched Bill for example? From what you state here, if the items rewarded will remain as NQ, then an HQ Vintage version of these items would be unattainable.

[Coldbrand]

Uh, last time we dealt with forbidden materia...

it didn't turn out so well...

[Griss]

Nope.

With 1.19 we simply get new, simplified recipes. HQs remain entirely intact and still produce +1,2,3 results.

With 1.20 the HQ system is revamped entirely and existing items are all transitioned based on their decision on which way +2s will go. The old recipes are also removed, leaving only the simplified ones.

ah cool, thanks for clarifying that.

[MariyaShidou]

Uh, last time we dealt with forbidden materia...

it didn't turn out so well...

Don't worry, we have a Meteor hanging above our heads.

[Davorok]

Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida

1. Nuggets
None of the new recipes added in Patch 1.19 will require nuggets. In fact, we do not plan on requiring nuggets in any of the recipes that we will be adding from here on out. However, old recipes will remain in the game for a while, so there is no need to worry about items in the process of synthesis being affected. I am thinking that the transfers to the new recipe period will go on through patch 1.20.

Am I to assume that Ore's will be synthed straight into Ingots now, thus skipping the Nugget phase?

[Griss]

that looks like how its going to be davorok