Will crafting be useless in 3.5?

**CompSci88** · 12-13-2016 09:00 AM

Diadem is coming back, so it's a lot easier to get better gear. No one would want crafted i250 gear anymore. I am afraid for the next 6-7 months that crafters would have nothing but glamours to do.

**Martin_Arcainess** · 12-13-2016 09:11 AM

Depends, they might release new glam to craft or new gather gear.

**Youkulm** · 12-13-2016 09:39 AM

I really dont see that is a big deal if it is the case. I'm a crafter and I almost never sell gear for money. There are tons of other things in the game, usually overlooked, to make for every crafting job even without the gear.

Housing items always sell super well.
Consumables also always sell incredibly well. ( potions, food )
Also don't forget the people leveling, they do need gear as well. ( 1-60 ) don't just think about level 60 i250 gear... Other people want crafted gear as well. I've made a killing selling gear that no one else seems to want to make.
Leveitems as well... are also a nice selling point
I could keep going?

And like Martin said above me, there will more than likely be new glam gear.

To say crafting is dead because there likely wont be a new battle set before the expansion is just silly.

**CompSci88** · 12-13-2016 10:03 AM

Like I said, I am afraid that there will not be much of anything but glams to craft for 6-7 months. Glams and stuff that you list may sell well, but the profit they make is pocket change. You can't make hundreds million gil with them.

**magnanimousCynic** · 12-13-2016 02:57 PM

Odd patches barely make you "hundreds [of] million gil" since they're designed for helping newer people catch up to current ilvl. Besides, Diadem gear has RNG stat allocation, meaning you can get an accessory with 20 accuracy, 12 SkS, and 15 Det. I'd rather trust a person with full Proto-Alexandrian than full i260 Diadem gear (if i260 is what the new gear will be) with very bad secondaries.

Also people may still want the crafted i250 FOR glamour. I love the looks of the Tank and Caster/Healer sets.

**Werhusky** · 12-14-2016 12:09 AM

Considering Diadem gear used to be random and I had overall 1 piece that had actually "nice" stats for a class I never played.... ummm... nope crafted gear will still be more on the point. You have the *chance* to get something but good gear and gear that just has ilvl are different resorts imo.

**Roth_Trailfinder** · 12-14-2016 05:25 AM

Crafting is always as useful as one wants it to be.

**HaelseMikiro** · 12-14-2016 08:13 AM

We can't reasonably expect any new DoW/M crafteds, we'll have the final VA raid released so that should be a new source of 260 gear. And there's no real reason for them to give us new DoH/L gear unless they want to force us into crafting it so we can coast a little farther in 4.0 till we upgrade then. So yeah, pretty much just cosmetic things until 4.0 launch. Although they COULD add crafting requirements to one of the final anima steps, that's probably the last real chance for big fast gil and specialist usefulness, assuming they stick with the normal pattern and downgrade all current Specialist recipes to omni-crafter in 3.5

**CompSci88** · 12-15-2016 02:52 AM

Realistically, there is absolutely no reason for them to add new crafted battle gear in 3.5+. Also, there is no reason for new DoH gear if glamours are all we have until 4.0. I am just hoping what they add will require the use of Control stats and rotation. Those are what separate the career crafters and the casual crafters. If not the future will be bleak.

I remember back in 2.5, a lot of crafted stuff were BIS for most jobs. Life was good back then for crafters despite the long wait for Heavensward.

**Roth_Trailfinder** · 12-15-2016 07:29 AM

We will not be getting more DoL/DoH gear, unless it is some form of upgrade to the Carbonweave set that only allows minimal melds.

Still though, crafting will still have just as much use as one wishes to make of it. The use could be housing stuff, potions, food, leveling gear, etc.

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