What's your plan?

[tomtensfarfar]

26 tokens (for the i180) for the MH tool is a lot. But .. what else are you going to use your RCS on while gearing your Gatherers in the i180 gear they get? It takes 9 weeks to get all of the i180 gear for any given Gathering class .. that's enough time for three of the Crafting class' MH tools. If you decide to do all three Gathering classes, that's more than enough RCS for all of your MH tools, with almost 4 weeks' worth of RCS left over for other stuff.

I didn't do the math, so thanks for doing it for me . It seems like every high end crafter will get the non craftable MHs, and I'll hop on that train.

[Alahra]

I'm having a hard time deciding on a plan right now, honestly. The system has sucked the joy out of crafting for me. I have my ALC mainhand, but I can't decide if I want to go further on the gear for that or to get mainhands for my other two Specializations and just meld the level 60 set instead. It would be a lot easier to decide if there were things I was excited to make.

[giantslayer]

My plan? Spend more time on IRL things and when I do play, do roulettes for Esoterics and Law instead of bothering with crafting. Re-evaluate plan as future nerfs are made.

[Alysrea]

BSM > LTR > WVR > ALC(just cause i love the look) > then the rest as time comes xD

[blueruckus]

Make all the offhands first as they are the biggest available upgrade and only costs 3 red scrips each. For those asking what's the point of all this and not bothering because there's nothing worthwhile now... the point is to futureproof yourself for the new stuff that will come out. While everyone else plays catch-up, the crafter who prepared in advance will be making all the gil. Also, the higher your stats, the more confident you'll be in doing 2star jobs for everyone else who's willing to pay for a top-tier crafter to do the job.

The only caveat in all of this, is waiting to see what happens with Favors, but I get the feeling it won't be changing very much.

[renmabiao]

My plan is to get all the offhands 1st for a little more guarantee to craft the 60 **s (Its BiS right?) then store a healthy supply of mats for the next 'wave' of craftables (hopefully more marketable) that arent for DoH.

I'm suspicious of being able to get HQ Ooids etc. and I dont think its meant to be downgraded in the long run of things.

The way my server economy works (Masamune), nobody is buying the Ooids or Roundstones etc at 100-150k a pop. I dont think many feel its even worth investing in the future atm due to lack of faith and sheer grind.

[Alahra]

For those asking what's the point of all this and not bothering because there's nothing worthwhile now... the point is to futureproof yourself for the new stuff that will come out. While everyone else plays catch-up, the crafter who prepared in advance will be making all the gil.

That only applies if there are recipes worth making that require the new gear, though. Right now, we have no idea if that will be the case. If they maintain the current paradigm, it probably won't be worth the investment at all. We can hope that they change course but it's really hard to say at this point that they will.