Thread: Patch 3.1: Crafting Reborn (?)

I do worry about the direction of crafting and look forward to see how the changes play out through 3.1. As someone said above, players hit level 50 crafts but had no clue how to do the master II books. I find with many crafters that are leveled up and geared out is a lack of imagination to tackle a new crafting rotation. Most new crafts take me about an hour or two with pen, paper and 10 key to work out a solid rotation. As for the MB when it was flooded with crafters that could make most things at the end of 2.55, there was never a lack of market demand, players again failed to fully look at all parts of the MB. We often looked at only the new shiny crafts but we forget about other sections of the market that remain undeserved. It feels like SE is trying to fix this lack of imagination in the wrong way.

The one remaining item that bothers me is that the early adopters of the red scrips system will take a hit gil wise. On one side, what they are doing will help to get the markets moving again, on the flip side with the drop in prices from competition and increased supply will make it harder for early adopters to get a return on investment of their gil. Leads to a lack of motivation to be an early adopter in patch 3.2.