Crafting HQ conversion, how will it be done?

[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