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    QuinceTaru's Avatar
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    Quince Viville
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    Balmung
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    Paladin Lv 60
    It doesnt exist cause it would make skipping up in star ranks easier if you didnt have proper gear to do it, something SE doesnt want most likely. Less gear to grind = less play time = less people = less money ; ;Thats my only thought why it doesnt exist
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    Sibyll Belmont
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    Mateus
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    Marauder Lv 60
    Quote Originally Posted by QuinceTaru View Post
    It doesnt exist cause it would make skipping up in star ranks easier if you didnt have proper gear to do it, something SE doesnt want most likely. Less gear to grind = less play time = less people = less money ; ;Thats my only thought why it doesnt exist
    Sharkfin and Chilled Popoto already allow people to skip gear if they don't mind missing out on ~30 CP. I'm pretty sure I skipped most of my Artisan main hands by making the artisan off hands instead, which is an entire token turn-in worth of content. Considering some of the 4* recipes are unlocked without even getting the Mastercraft II books I don't really see a reason to gate people into farming up a bunch of stats so they can make Nana bears and housing crap.
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    Last edited by Sibyll; 02-23-2015 at 10:51 AM.

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    Yoso Carrasco
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    Hyperion
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    Monk Lv 77
    Quote Originally Posted by Sibyll View Post
    Considering some of the 4* recipes are unlocked without even getting the Mastercraft II books I don't really see a reason to gate people into farming up a bunch of stats so they can make Nana bears and housing crap.
    Best answer is that it keeps some items relatively rare, offers high end crafters niche items with which to make profit, and gives incentive to participate in the game's economy in order to get the stats required.

    Of course the cost of entry was an excessive amount of time and money but it's eased quite a lot lately and I think it is at the place it should have been from the start.
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