Back in 2.5, I was an old pro at crafting. I could make turn-ins for Master 2 books and Lucis tools without looking up guides and even did some of them a tad under-geared. Not trying to brag, just to give an idea of where I am coming from.

Now in 3.0, I have mostly not bothered with endgame crafting. I leveled everything to 60 (except CUL) to 60 before my first combat class and got the master books. Then they released the red scrips and I realized the only things worth making were 1-star glam gear and i150 jewelry, which was ridiculously easy to make. There wasn't a good way to make Gil like I did in 2.5 (used to sell i90 with little competition for 400k a pop, most of which was profit margin). Since I already had a good stack of Gil from 2.5, I didn't see a lot of point in competing in mostly overcrowded markets chasing smaller profits. I kind of decided to not waste my time on crafting for the most part and do other things.

I have done a little red scrips here and there as the mood has struck me. I am starting to think about gearing up a little. The only thing I anticipate being worth making at a 2-star level is the jewelry they will likely release in the next patch (they always keep crafted jewelry behind because it's the only legitimately good battle gear you can craft). Maybe i180 will become viable like the old i90 if they dramatically increase availability of mats.


That was a bit long-winded. The point I am getting to is I am starting to think about 2-star crafts. I burned through a few hundred tier 3 materia to meld my all-classes set (RNGesus was not kind to me). I can get min 2-star stats for craftsmanship and control plus max CP for the gear I have.

In looking around, I see a lot of folks talking about stuff like Maker's Mark. To be honest, I was pretty happy with my cross class setup and don't want to mess with it or those new fangled specialist things.

Using the old techniques and cross-class skills that have served me well so far, will I be able to cut it on 2-star? I know the effectiveness of the old rotation is severely hampered by the reduction in good/excellent, but I also have more base CP too. I'm sure others have probably tried the old techniques. How well did that work on 2-star? I don't want to blow several million Gil on learning the hard way if this is a bad idea.