Thread: Patch 3.1: Crafting Reborn (?)

Originally Posted by Phireblast

Alright so, as someone who doesn't craft, how easy will it be to get into crafting now provided that I have a 150 set that someone gave me?

You have some work to do, but in taking a quick peek at your DoH/L levels, you're better prepared than most.

The greatest cost of entry for you will be melds, which can be very expensive, especially on smaller servers where fewer people are converting them. I spent about 5 million on mine, and they're not even optimal, just enough to push me over the threshold with Baked Onion Soup. However, unlike many people who are considering breaking into crafting, you have all of your DoHs to 50, which is a big boon. You're pretty much set for all of the 2* rotations once you get GSM to 54 and pick up Maker's Mark (although it's less useful if you're planning on speccing BSM.)

You may also want to consider getting your DoLs to 60 depending on how you feel about buying raw materials off the MB. Fortunately, this is pretty easy to do if you have leves stockpiled, and if you pushed hard, you could probably have both BTN and MIN to 60 in a week or two.

Originally Posted by MN_14

Yep, at the moment, grade 3 materia should be far more affordable than before due to the crafting scene being mostly dead (at least on my server). I used about 12 million worth of materia on my i150 build and that was with pretty much grade 3 overmelds only. Prices have now fallen by up to 75%, so there's no better time to get into 2* crafting.

Grade IV melds, on the other hand, are insane. To compare, I used 6 million worth of materia to meld three of my i170 accessories. Only 2 of the grade iv overmelds attempts actually succeeded (25 attempts at 29% before the first succeeded), so they're still virtually all grade 3 overmelds.

Yeah, right now I'm just using quad/pentamelded i150 right side and have my i170 stuff hammered out and sitting in my Armoury Chest unmelded until the Tier V materia become sane to acquire. I would rather have to take a single mandatory Tricks in a 2* craft than pop several more million on Tier IV overmelds, especially now that a failed Reclaim on a 2* won't be quite as infuriating as it was in 3.05. Even the robber baron hardcore crafters with >100 mil in my FC are iffy about overmelding it right now.