Thread: 3.3 crafting thread

Originally Posted by Duuude007

That was not the point...

This is a cheap path to play catch up as a fresh 60 crafter and get the stats TO MAKE ironworks gear.... not REPLACE ironworks gear. That would be silly.

This provides the stats for current 3 1/2 star synths at minimal time/gil cost, and then after you can worry about pentamelding the ironworks set for 3.4 content.

I agree with you, they are practically giving away the ability to 3.5 star synths. It is a shame

What i dislike is that there are giving away shortcut and cheap way to reach (more or less) the level of high end Crafter that spend time in it

Well the thing is... people waiting for augmented stuff to craft have to wait long time for red script which is a slow process
While crarfted gear Crafter goes for red>blue script for 180 desynth and craft a lots of ironwork

Originally Posted by Nekotee

What i dislike is that there are giving away shortcut and cheap way to reach (more or less) the level of high end Crafter that spend time in it

Well the thing is... people waiting for augmented stuff to craft have to wait long time for red script which is a slow process
While crarfted gear Crafter goes for red>blue script for 180 desynth and craft a lots of ironwork

This has been, script vs crafted. You wait longer but have the guaranteed stats but it isn't customizable, that is just preference.

Honestly, the fact that favors are much easier now and that I have to do less to get the equivalent is fantastic imo. I was already 2 star before, but I was able to do heavy crafting over the past few days and am now 3.5 star on weaver and almost 3 star on everything else. So I can craft most of the IW pieces to help FC mates upgrade as well. It also helps that moogle give you 2 tokens per quest once you reach rank 3 or 4, whatever it is.

Oh, and the modified Raths rotation for 2 star still works on 3 and 3.5 star

I did a round of 5 Favors this morning just to start emptying out my retainers and I got 32 Void Nuts + 10 Heavensnut in just 5 Favors... did they increase the drop-rate?

Yes it was noted in 3.3 patchnote
Rise of favor node and reduction of mats exchange from 10 to 3 ovoid/nuts

Originally Posted by Nekotee

Yes it was noted in 3.3 patchnote
Rise of favor node and reduction of mats exchange from 10 to 3 ovoid/nuts

Thanx, I missed that bit. They really made 2* Materials accessible, wonder if they will ever include them in new recipes or if they will be only for 2* Crafted gear.

They also drop in high quantities from aquapolis. But there's really no point in making the 2star stuff anymore.

Yeah carbon stuff is a lot cheaper for more or less the same level of stat
Just no overmelding (but enough to go for 3*)

Aquapolis also give a lot of crafted 2* crafted mats
I got astral silk and adamantite ingot just with that

Ok, so now that I have one job at 60 for crafting (culinarian) and a few more to follow soon, from what I am hearing, I should go buy the Carbon gear? I know it can't be overmelded and have to place the IV materia on right so I can make the 3* crafts (after getting the books). I can afford to buy the HQ armor. Do I need to get the acc too? Or more better, what ones to actually get?

Also, should I try to get the craft specific gear? I'm focusing on Cul, Alc, and I think Leather. Ya, seems like the crafting scene is confusing for someone now entering into it.