Upcoming Craft Changes

[zerrith]

While I applaud them reducing the amount of materials it takes to make an item, I am not in favor of how they changed the base materials. I mean 3 logs for 3 pieces of lumber??? Were they high when they came up with that idea?

::Edit:: After further reviewing the new recipes and the lower materials to output ratios of the base materials like leather and lumber, I think the crafting system is going to be far worse than it was before. I think leatherworking which was already hard to begin with is going to be impossible now. The prices of hides are going to skyrocket and with them nerfing resell values of items there is going to be less gil for the less advanced crafters. Right now the only way I make any money is to vendor my crafted items. And technically I am not really making money because I have to buy so many shards. I think this might have a worse effect on the game economy than Bush and Obama have had on the US economy.