Red scrip Gear discussion?

[Mycow8me]

I'm just going to come out and say what's on my mind. I spent the last 3 weeks actually obtaining red scrips for crafting gear. I noticed the only real 2 pieces worth anything are in fact the body and tools.

My biggest complaint I guess is that this gear is not ilvl200 (yet alone ilvl210) and the stats are not nearly as worth grabbing as say, a moderate meld of HQ chimerical gear (legs,arms,feet,head). You can get better results with 3 IV melds. All the time, money, and energy could have even been allocated into grabbing a meldable ilvl170 gear piece using red scrips some money (or gatherer, choose your poison).

Alot to be desired here, I honestly think they should atleast be ilvl200 if not meldable. I'm sure there has been threads already but I don't want to necro. I don't know, I just felt like saying something even though its probably already been said. Probably going to just stick to obtaining the mainhands and body pieces for now if I even choose to get them at all anymore.

[Alysanne]

You use your crafting red scripts with the gathering items to get the mats, then you can craft versions of the red script gear that are meldable.

[FoxyAreku]

I have the full 180 set of weaver and now even 2 stars are a piece of cake for me.

It all adds up and is a cheaper gearing path than getting 170s and melding them.

[Mycow8me]

You use your crafting red scripts with the gathering items to get the mats, then you can craft versions of the red script gear that are meldable.

this was the big issue for me, obtaining any of the redscrip gear was deemed pointless except the body and tools if you really want to blow that many red scrips anyway. However if they made them a slightly higher ilvl i might have reconsidered. Just sad i guess.

[MN_14]

The main purpose of the i180 gear is to prepare for 3* crafts while avoiding grinding for favor items or the high cost of purchasing red scrip materials/favor items, but at the cost of slow progression. It's also a slow method of meeting the 2* requirements, but melded i150 gear is the better method, provided that you can afford the melds. If you can meet the minimum 2* craftsmanship/control requirements and have around 440 CP with food, you'll be able to handle 2* crafts fairly well.

The major downside to the i170 sets would be the time required to grind for favor items or cost to purchase materials, as well as the astronomical cost of melding them. From my experience, the cost of melding the i170 accessories alone is on par with all of the i150 melds combined.

[Ashkendor]

I'm honestly still using a melded Chimerical Felt set. I felt like splitting crafters up to separate gear again is a step backward.

[Mycow8me]

The HQ version of the i170 gear opens up alot of room for CP, even if you don't craft a HQ, it would still be better for the hands/arms/feet/legs slots just because of that. Even with just tier 3 materia advance melded after a Tier IV... it could have a better end result IMO. Yeah mats are ... out there but still better in the long run. Question really is how long before its outdated?

I see the use of the i180 gear but ultimately, it's just not worth it when redscrips can aid in getting you mats to make the 170 gear unless your in a hurry to get some ilvl80 gear or are using it to gear up some of your alt crafting classes. Arguably you could sell HQ items that you have been turning in to purchase some i170 gear off the MB or HQ mats to make your own instead of using the redscrips at all depending on what your selling and how much gil you can make in a day I suppose.

[Mycow8me]

I'm honestly still using a melded Chimerical Felt set. I felt like splitting crafters up to separate gear again is a step backward.

I don't like it either, just trying to find a way to cope with it. Next update has new gear sets coming, even meldable ones... I remember reading it in the live letter anyway. There is a chance that a new crafting set will be released though I wont get my hopes up.

All else fails, I might just ignore redscrips all together and hold out with chimerical too.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

I'm honestly still using a melded Chimerical Felt set. I felt like splitting crafters up to separate gear again is a step backward.

I think it makes a lot of sense, a culinarian or alchemist isn't going to wear the same stuff as a blacksmith or a carpenter ect...

The funny thing is the red scrip gear was the easy option compared to the crafted 170 until they nerfed the lvl 170 stuff.

[Casmir_Chev]

Like everything in HW they want you to grind for little to no reward. Honestly red scrips have been terrible from day 1 and gearing up with them just takes forever unless you are willing to craft your gear (which you have to give up your gathering scrips to do too).