Crafting and the Anima Quest Chain

[Sareal]

No, it is not a poor design because crafting is part of the game play that is attainable by the average skill player in general population.

If you choose to not see it as a poor design choice, that's your own opinion. But to me, the design choice being poor is strong in this one. If the required items were items that were used for an already existing recipe, I would most likely shift my perspective of the design choice, but as it stands right now, they made completely new recipes for the sole purpose of the Anima chain quest, which to me, is poor design choice, as the only incentive to create and sell these items is to make gil. Again, thats my own opinion.

[kensatsu]

Hi,
the problem is the not craft, if you are crafter you should know there is not enough usefull craft atm, only food, potion, craft stuff, other selling item is for glamour use.
so they add craft in this very long quest, it make you thing you don't craft so you have to buy in the Market Board.
It's false, you have buy in the Market Board, or interact with others players (in this case crafter)
Where is the problem in a MMO to interact with others players ? you forget you need a group to farm your dgn i think...
Because on market board the item is expensive for 2 reason :
1) High demand on item
2) Item asked for the craft come from diadem and atm there not enough of these item in market board, gatherer have to farm diadem for this items.
Anyway i don' find often people looking for crafter in the Party Finder, because players only buy on market board, so players don't like to interact and wanna play solo in a MMO as usual... Do that and pay more gils. there a other reason to buy thing in market board, you need it asap so you don't have time to find a crafter, don't wait to need the items asap

[ChameleonMS]

I think people need to be a bit more savy with their gil. If something is expensive, don't buy it.

Another method of being more savy is put up a PF or shout for a crafter to help you. You will get better price by 1/3 - 1/2 from a crafter your directly speaking with.
The crafter makes a quick profit (albeit smaller) than the MB but Gil flows in faster this way. I know I and may other crafters do this a on regular basis.

My most recent personal experience with this:
A random shouted in Limsa requesting the Zodiac crafts, he put a PF, and I obliged first (3 others also responded before I finished the first craft).
I spent about 30 minutes crafting for that player, he supplied the mats, I received a small tip for each craft (5K).
Each completed item, averaged 40-70K on MB
He got each one for approximately 20K (including tip)