Crafting is dead

[Seyb]

Has anyone checked the change with guildleves mentioned in the patch notes?

Guildleves
[3.0] New crafting materials have been added as rewards for tradecraft temple leves.

I don't have game access, so I can't check myself. This isn't an alternative way of getting the 2 star mats, right?

[Rath]

Has anyone checked the change with guildleves mentioned in the patch notes?


I don't have game access, so I can't check myself. This isn't an alternative way of getting the 2 star mats, right?

No, this is mats used for lvl 58+ recipes. Like hallowed lumbers, chimera manes, adamantite ore, etc.

[Seyb]

No, this is mats used for lvl 58+ recipes. Like hallowed lumbers, chimera manes, adamantite ore, etc.

Ah, good to know, thanks. Hoped they made it the same as with the lucis items.

[Raves]

Without even looking at the Red scrip gating, just seeing the mc and fc3 demi makes me want to hang it up. I came back a couple months ago, and desynth is only like 70. The thought of going back to farm/craft/buy old crap just to get skill to obtain my own demi makes me mad. it feels like they want to shoehorn this system in to keep that system relevant, but for those with low/no desynth skill, it is just another wall to climb. That in the face of the scrip gate plus if what you can craft after all that work even having value... yea... i dunno.

[gamewyler]

I'm hoping part 2 of patch 3.05 to bring some good news to crafting. please.

[Azper]

I'm glad I'm not the only one disheartened at the current state of crafting. It just looks... awful. I enjoyed a lot of the 2.X series, because you could make reasonable progress.

But this new system? I can't say I've enjoyed any of it and am nearing my breaking point. From the ridiculous amount of mats required and the pitiful drop rates on enemies to the all-but-worthless nature of crafting battle gear, they've done nothing but kill whatever crafting spirit I had left. This new system isn't friendly to veterans or newcomers. It sucks, plain and simple.

Maybe I'll come back to it in a few months. As it stands now, I have little interest to continue.

[Puggy]

Well, to me it seems like they tried the World of Warcraft approach this time with the time gated progression for crafting. Can't say I mind it that much, if the Item you craft would at least be on par with the top (or 5 iLvL below) raid gear. But as it stands, I hardly see that much purpose for crafting really.

What are those changes or second parts of 3.05 people are talking about though?

[kenventa]

I'll hold my horse until Thursdays to see if the difficulty of getting the redscrip would be at least similar, if not easier, than the echatl sealant, which would mean we can spend a load of gil if we wanted to gear up all our crafters in few weeks. This is similar to gearing to Artisan gears x 8.

If they cant get the casual and non-crafters interested in getting redscrip because of its difficulty, then i guess there will be literally no supply of redscrip material in the marketboard and hence, the 50 to 66 weeks of gearing would be our best choice.

[XLauncher]

3.05 is split up into two maintenance sessions. We got the first one last night, which introduced Savage Alex and the new PvP ground, among other things. There will be another one tomorrow that will introduce the means by which we will acquire red scrips, along with some unknown crafting and gathering adjustments. Your guess as to what they'll entail is as good as anyone else's. Personally, I'm not holding out for any kind of salvation. I doubt they'd kick us all in the groin like this in one patch only to walk it back two days later.

[kenventa]

Personally, I'm not holding out for any kind of salvation. I doubt they'd kick us all in the groin like this in one patch only to walk it back two days later.

I guess you can say that considering the availability of blue scripts only to high level crafters. Not even to those level 50 crafters focusing on gearing their DOM/DOW first.