Crafting and Gathering in Heavensward

[ScarletDawn]

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And there lies the problem i HAVE to buy mats off the MB as some of my leveling crafts require other class items, so then i got a choice pay the absurd prices or level up the other class to get the item, which then requires another class in order to level and it turns into a cascade effect where you require to level up all crafting classes together, rather then 1 by 1 like you could before.

I dont mind it takes longer or the recipes are a bit more challenging, i hate how leather worker is pure mob farming now and you spend 10-15 mins farming just enough mats for say 1-2 leathers.
The economy on lich has been ruined by monopolizing of the marketboard, before i could make stuff and sell it...now i cant do that because nothing sells no one will pay the insane prices for the class only items...

If they made it so the lv 60 and 60 star crafting required the other class items rather then leveling up items id be happier, but instead i need tons of holy water from alchemy which is alot of money on lich...then suddenly you find you just suck 500-1mil into mats alone for leveling...and the only real way to make money in game is crafting..

Its catch 22.

[DarkB]

And there lies the problem i HAVE snip

Its catch 22.

Use your retainers ventures to farm stuff for crafting, it helps a lot. Also levequest are crazy good. You dont expect to bring 4 crafts from 50 to 60 in one day do you? takes a bit, but honestly i just spammed leves/ventures and it went pretty quck. Didnt spend much, Doing leves with HQ items (which some u can buy the ingredients from MB and craft HQ on ur own) spent like 100k per level. Farming 100k gils in game is joke.

[ScarletDawn]

Use your retainers ventures to farm stuff for crafting, it helps a lot. Also levequest are crazy good. You dont expect to bring 4 crafts from 50 to 60 in one day do you? takes a bit, but honestly i just spammed leves/ventures and it went pretty quck. Didnt spend much, Doing leves with HQ items (which some u can buy the ingredients from MB and craft HQ on ur own) spent like 100k per level. Farming 100k gils in game is joke.

Maybe your server has a better economy but ours is wrecked by this update. Only a few rich people control it and control the prices 3.0 just helped then dominate the MB, instead they should make it so its not so easy to dominate the MB. Anyways how do you cure the fact crafting now feels like a chore...it takes more times then a combat class.

Kinda feels SE are splitting us into those who want to Main combat and those who Main crafting.