Crafting and the Anima Quest Chain

[Fevelle]

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Forcing players to play a class so they can complete certain content IS bad design. It was the reason they discarded long term FF systems like monster weaknesses and elemental wheel. Why would it be ok with the relic?

[Nyghtmarerobu]

I'm not a big fan of the crafting portion of the new relic either, but it doesn't bother me that much. I think people need to be a bit more savy with their gil. If something is expensive, don't buy it. Relics are very new, its only the 2nd day. Of course the crafted items are gonna be super expensive. If you wait till you finish the grind portion, I would bet the price of those items would have gone down. Supply would be high, and demand would be low since its to much money.

. . . Unless all the crafters are working together to keep prices high, but I doubt it. right?

[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)