Crafting HQ conversion, how will it be done?

[TheVedis]

So as we know, items are going from the +1/2/3 system into a straight NQ/HQ system

my question that I would really like to see forwarded to yoshi...

How will this transition take place?
What will happen to our current HQ items?
Will the old HQ magicaly become new HQ items? or will we have to trade them in? or will they just all become normals?

[Griss]

would hope that if a item is of the hq variety now it would transition into hq status under the new system.

[Celtodeno]

I don't doubt you, but can you link the info that states that ALL items will become either NQ or HQ. Last i saw read it was still Gathering and crafting created +1+2+3 and Mobs dropped +1 or +3.

[TheVedis]

I don't doubt you, but can you link the info that states that ALL items will become either NQ or HQ. Last i saw read it was still Gathering and crafting created +1+2+3 and Mobs dropped +1 or +3.

its near the last page of the 800 post crafting thread floating around here, go check it out(official translations by our community rep state it)

[Madruk]

Looks like alot of current recipes might become obsolete too if the cobalt recipe is any indication.

[Celtodeno]

Yep found it.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...704#post307704

Quite excellent. Seems I can't keep up with all the new information. Thanks for bringing it my attention

[Chiz]

Maybe a similar merge as to what was done with monster drops:

NQ/+1 = NQ with new stats closer to +1 (5% bonus) to appease the masses.
+2/+3 = HQ with new stats closer to +3 to appease the few.

As much as I thought the +1/2/3 system was a bad idea when FFXIV was first released, I really like and enjoy it now. Especially with 3 alt/mules on a free buddy pass acct to help manage it all. I'll miss the old system, but I know its a necessary change to streamline the game's crafting/itemization bloat.

[TheVedis]

Maybe a similar merge as to what was done with monster drops:

NQ/+1 = NQ with new stats closer to +1 (5% bonus) to appease the masses.
+2/+3 = HQ with new stats closer to +3 to appease the few.

As much as I thought the +1/2/3 system was a bad idea when FFXIV was first released, I really like and enjoy it now. Especially with 3 alt/mules on a free buddy pass acct to help manage it all. I'll miss the old system, but I know its a necessary change to streamline the game's crafting/itemization bloat.

just an fyi

there was never a merge with the old mats, the old mats still exist
they just dont drop anymore

and that is my concern

what will a +1/2/3 material do with the new system if it changes to NQ/HQ only?

[Chiz]

just an fyi

there was never a merge with the old mats, the old mats still exist
they just dont drop anymore

and that is my concern

what will a +1/2/3 material do with the new system if it changes to NQ/HQ only?

I was referring to the loot table percentages: old NQ/+1 resulted in an NQ drop, old +2/+3 resulted in a +3 drop. They might use this as a template of what might potentially happen to existing +1/2/3 finished items. I can't imagine they would allow +3 to be "relics" of an old crafting system to co-exist with the new generic HQ items, especially if the +3 stats are better.

As for what happens to old +materials and recipes, I would imagine they eventually stop working which would be in-line with the last Producer's Letter and the newly translated post. So 1.19 will be new recipes with overlapping old recipes. 1.20 they will co-exist. 1.21 will be new HQ system only?

[TheVedis]

I was referring to the loot table percentages: old NQ/+1 resulted in an NQ drop, old +2/+3 resulted in a +3 drop. They might use this as a template of what might potentially happen to existing +1/2/3 finished items. I can't imagine they would allow +3 to be "relics" of an old crafting system to co-exist with the new generic HQ items, especially if the +3 stats are better.

As for what happens to old +materials and recipes, I would imagine they eventually stop working which would be in-line with the last Producer's Letter and the newly translated post. So 1.19 will be new recipes with overlapping old recipes. 1.20 they will co-exist. 1.21 will be new HQ system only?

i know thats the old system
i was looking for something "official" (no offense to the translators we have among the players) so that we knew for sure what would be happening with this change in specific