Some DoH/DoL news from the latest live letter

[AishaNymph]

I didn't watch the LL , but from the summary post in reddit:

Crafter's item level cap: Increasing in 3.3
Red scrip gear: New gear coming in 3.4 exchanged via red scrips
Grade 5 materia for DoH: Ways to obtain this (not from Beast Tribes) coming in maybe 3.3
Melding: There is already an NPC system "in place" to meld materia, they still want advanced melding to be done by players but are reading forum feedback on this
HQ to NQ items in bulk: They are aware of this request, but conernced the data process could cause server issues and so they are looking into this
New gatherer gear: Coming in 3.3

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...xviii_summary/

I already got 12 specialist crystal sitting in my inventory, looks like its time to start to save up RS again, seems the new set will be shared gear

[Hanmerreborn]

What does "crafter's item level cap" even mean? I assume that we might be able to make 340 gear, but it's not very clear.

3.4 is what, August?

MAYBE coming? Jesus they really really want RMTs to be successful.

HQ to NQ in bulk? Don't we already have this?

[Morzy]

I'm guessing october personally.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

What does "crafter's item level cap" even mean?

That means the crafting gear you have now will get an upgrade in 3.3 ...

Given the amount of melding needed to do 3 stars with current i170 and i180 crafting gear, I suspect the new stuff will be 3 star difficulty. The question is whether it will be Specialist only or if anyone can make it. I could see SE going either way on that one, unfortunately.

[Nezerius]

The question is whether it will be Specialist only or if anyone can make it. I could see SE going either way on that one, unfortunately.

To me, their stance on specialist recipes is pretty much: "Specialist requirement for the current difficulty [3-star], requirement removed for the previous difficulty [2-star]"

Depending on how many items will be upgraded, whether it's just left side gear [Head, Body, Hands, Legs, Feet], or if they'll be upgrading main/offhand tools and accessories as well.
If it's just left side gear, then LTW/WVR will spike in popularity, since they make the majority of the current 2-star DoH left side gear. [36 out of the 61 2-star DoH recipes]
If it'll also upgrade both tools, BSM will become relevant again, at it makes most of the current 2-star tools [11 out of 16 tools]
New accessories would keep CRP/GSM relevant.

[FoxyAreku]

12 Crafter souls? A bit unrelated to the actual topic, but wow that's such a waste of red scrips. O_O

I felt like I was wasting a lot just by buying one to get rid of alchemist.

[Sethira]

Shared gear would suck imo. Please no repeat of Artisan's Apron.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

There is both good and bad with shared gear.

Good : less gear to meld!

Bad : no visual distinction between classes.

[Sethira]

Good : less gear to meld!

less melding
less work
less playtime
more cri.

[Hanmerreborn]

I don't understand why they don't just get rid of over melds if they have such a hang up that a player needs to do it instead of an NPC as if it makes a difference.