Thread: Specialist System in 3.0

Well more information on this was already posted on the 11th. The specialist system from what Yoshida says, will not actually be a restriction on how many lvl50 crafts you have. It will address the issue of having to level all of them, just to make high level crafts. You still however have the option to take them all to 50. If anyone caught that, my bad, but somehow I missed it myself.

Now to speculate on what that "special actions" will be. Probably a way to do a craft as say, GSM that would require BSM and ALC leveled, but instead wont have to, or something.

A new system called “Scrip” will be added in 3.0. Up until now, Disciples of the Land and Hand had to meld their gear if they wanted to partake in high-level gathering and crafting. However, with the “Scrip” system, you will be able to trade them for new gear. Therefore, Disciples of the Land and Hand will no longer be forced to meld their gear. Players who wish to stay ahead of the pack will still be able to meld their gear. Those who meld their gear will be able to craft faster than those who collect gear through the “Scrip” system. The main point of this system was to offer multiple ways to upgrade gear.

Q8: Can you tell us the details of the specialist system?

A8: The specialist system is a new system for Disciples of the Hand, and you’ll be able to undertake a quest to become a specialist from level 55. It’ll be possible to become a specialist in three classes of your choice. By using “scrips” you’ll be able to change which classes you specialize in afterwards. By setting a specialist class, you’ll be able to learn special actions. Currently, in order to make some of the higher difficulty recipes, there is a necessity to level various classes for their actions, and we feel that the difficulty has spiked a bit. We plan to improve this through the specialist system, so you can think of this system as something that will allow you to broaden your options by either playing as the classes you really like or enabling you to use all of the classes.

Haven't read the entire thread, but I'll put in my two cents that as a casual crafter the idea of specialization highly appeals to me.

I understand that the armory system encourages diversification, like on combat classes, but combat classes require only a couple jobs at a moderate level. It encourages the player to branch out and dabble, but not master. The current crafting system demands that every DoH be fully capable at everything. You may as well merge them into a single job that can do everything, and this, I feel, defeats the purpose of a system that encourages you to switch between roles.

I'm fine with dedicated crafters being able to tackle all crafts, just as dedicated raiders can opt to level and gear every combat job. But I would be a lot more interested in crafting if allowed to work at a capable level in a handful of crafts.

According to this older interview, specialization will give you access to new skills and recipes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...east_interview

If this is true, the big question is whether we'll still have access to those recipes if we were to change our specializations. If we get to keep them, we could simply craft the items the old fashioned way.

Keep in mind, however, that some of the information in that interview is known to be incorrect (such as specializations opening at level 60), so things might have changed.