Thread: Specialist System in 3.0

Originally Posted by scarebearz

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Perhaps I worded it poorly. DoW/DoM overall sell really poorly, but NQ versions of these are desynth, glamours or SB trash at best. Some of the Forager/Artisan gear NQ is still salvagable because the caps are reachable by melding extra materia, but this isn't the case with the off hands which was what I was trying to get at.

DoH/DoL gear is so profitable compared to other crafting ventures that I'd say crafting feels more like a pyramid scheme than anything else, and from your comment I think you might agree with me here. I'd like to see weapons and armor be at least as viable as the accessories are. At the very least I'd like to see all crafted gear be a side grade to end game gear and progress similar to tome gear: 10 ilvls below the raid drop but upgradable through a twine/oil.

Originally Posted by Sibyll

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One thing they could do is make raid level weapons craftable, but only with drops you find in that raid environment. You can make the upgrade catalyst as well with materials that could be drops or gated weekly.

Originally Posted by RiceisNice

One thing they could do is make raid level weapons craftable, but only with drops you find in that raid environment. You can make the upgrade catalyst as well with materials that could be drops or gated weekly.

This is something I've really been hoping they'd do. My best guess is they don't want groups that already cleared it gearing up people that can't clear it yet. However, if it's on a weekly lockout I think that would prevent it. At the very least it'd be nice to have a 3rd stat option for combat gear.

Originally Posted by Sibyll

DoH/DoL gear is so profitable compared to other crafting ventures that I'd say crafting feels more like a pyramid scheme than anything else

That's because crafters are the people that have money and incentive to spend it on MB (they can earn it back).. So money just flows from one crafter to another.

Hopefully in 3.0 we see some usable gear that we can craft. I'm quite optimistic about that part, I think it was mentioned that their intent to not have all the best combat gear come from dungeons once 3.0 hits.

DoW/DoM can still sell, but you have to distinguish yourself and perhaps go the extra mile.. I think I can sell Inferno weapons, there's only 1 other person on Jenova who does that and most of the items actually have 0 listings. On more populated servers, it may be different.