Thread: Will crafting be useless in 3.5?

Everything will be useless in 3.5, just sit back, gather your primal pigeons and anticipate the stormblood celebration!

I wish crafted gear stats were equal to or better than tome gear. It requires even more work to get and more dedication. I can farm tomes on my dragoon easily. Making the weapons for i250 cost what like 700k? PLUS you must have high enough stats to even attempt it. I feel like tome gear is superior and easier to get.. That baffles me. Raiding gear is fine where it is, at the top. I hope to become more invested in crafting in the future and I hope the rewards feel fair no matter what the devs decide to do. Im personally hoping 3.5 and Storm Blood make crafting more usefull.

From what I've seen, certain pieces of crafted i250 gear rival their scripture counterparts due to their secondary stats. And with some melds thrown out there (at cost of course), they are certainly respectable. These might continue to sell, but prices will drop a bit due to the lack of specialization. When a patch like 3.4 drops, there's always that rush for new gear and you make gil hand over first if you stay just ahead of the curve. I think this patch, we'd have to settle for selling more volume as opposed to high profit on each piece.