SE Just Remove Specialist Recipes Please

[Katlyna]

I was hoping to see something more inspired than what I logged into this morning. But alas its just as terrible as I feared.

BSM is the required specialist for ARM. There are no weapons, or ANYTHING of any value to itself.
ARM is just all the base armor blocked by requiring BSM specialization.
CUL is ONE recipe for the best crit food?
CRP we can see Cassia Block (another potentially gating item?) and some furniture.

All the other specialist recipies are core gear and GLAMs? Really?

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This mess is EXACTLY what we DID NOT want SE. We don't want material gating from one class to another. We don't want core equipment gated (even if its terrible). Personally I was expecting specialist recipes to be reserved for glamour and furniture items.

What you've done on the other hand sucks, and is going to cause more anger than anything else. Its not healthy for the economy, your player base or useful in any way. Please reconsider this specialist recipe mess.

[SchalaZeal]

CUL is ONE recipe for the best crit food?

Not for casters though. Just for non-casters.

[Silverbane]

I cordially disagree. Call me selfish, but due to my wife and I working closely together and both being omnicrafters, I am OK with the current Specialist system and recipes. The Specialist system does seem to need more development, and hopefully we'll see that in 3.23.15 in December or 3.2 next year.

I do understand that others will have legit reasons to disagree.

[Lastelli]

I actually agree with Silverbane. Also, you can choose 3 specialists, so obviously you'll to choose 3 that work well togheter (arm+blm or ltw+wvr) if you play solo.

[Mindy_Macready]

It's the stupidest way they could've moved the specialist system. The abilities still suck, the work/reward ratio is still too ridiculous, and classes like CUL and ALC get no benefit at all from it.

They even missed the opportunity to help the commodities markets (potions, food) by allowing CUL/ALC specialists to increase their yields per craft. So disappointing.

[EvinnaReed]

I am annoyed with it to. They should only have put glam items in specialist recipies, not mats or gear.

[Seyb]

and hopefully we'll see that in 3.2 in December.

I feel the need to correct you. Big patches are released approximately every three months. So 3.2 will not arrive before February. What you mean is patch 3.15 (introduction of the relic weapons).

As for specialisation. I thought all big crafters had lots of alts? The recipes are easy and needed some kind of gate. It's better than a weekly gate if you ask me...

[uberrod9]

I don't use any of the specialist skills. I don't need them for anything. I can already craft 2 star Master level 3 items without them. I don't see much use for the Specialist system as it exists now.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

I love the specialist exclusive recipees.
Forces you to do 2 things: Either level alts (which is something many high end crafters already have anyway) or to... You know... Interact and trade with others... OMG, Social and economical interactions in my MMORPG.

i185 is mostly glamour tbh, the rest are housing items.

[Miakisaki]

I agree, they need to go. The original intent of the Specialist system was to make it easier for people who only wanted to level one or two crafts to have the skillset to be able to do so without leveling others. This is completely twisted from what it was supposed to be, and punishes self-sufficiency, smaller companies, and those who only have a small handful of friends. Should we have another patch lull where everyone takes extended breaks, or someone has to suddenly stop playing for whatever reason everyone in any specialist collaboration is punished.

Then you have the poor soul that you ask to accept being ALC or CUL specialist, which has no special benefit at all aside from the one item they can make. It's all just a big mess.