Quote Originally Posted by scarebearz View Post
To be a successful as a 4* crafter several level 50 skills are "NECESSARY".

We can argue about what "successful" means, but when people come to me asking for crafts they want HQ, not an "I'll try my best and cross my fingers".
You're thinking like a commercial crafter, one who's serious about crafting and devotes a large percentage of their game time to it.

Any crafter that's planning on cutting corners like this is not planning on being a Marketboard shark, or shouting for customers in Mor Dhona, or any of those things. They want to be able to craft a few items for themselves, maybe put things occasionally on the marketboards for a bit of spare change here and there.

For THESE people, being able to craft HQ 100% of the time is not at all necessary, as long as they can get that one HQ after a couple tries they're satisfied. For such people, most, if not all, of the level 50 cross-class skills are a luxury, not a necessity.

If someone tells me, "I want to be a Weaver cuz sleepwear is stupid expensive and I want to make my own. What's the minimum amount of work I need to make that happen?" I know that I'm not dealing with someone who's planning on becoming a textile mogul.