What is the point of crafting leveling gear?

[Laerune]

This is news to me?

Yep, I was suprised aswell. I reached level 50 with all my crafters few weeks ago and was suprised that there is no vendor selling the leveling gear for the right side. At first I thought I wasnt looking correctly, but few minutes on the internet and I found alot of threads some even dating back to when Heavensward was released and they were al about players complaining that there was no right side gear being sold by a vendor.

Personaly, I do hope this is something that SE will change with Stormblood, so new crafters who reach level 60 after Stormblood releases can have a easier time bypassing the huge stat wall that there is.

[Pintsized]

I never buy leveling gear from vendors or the AH, I get the 'new' stuff at 15 then replace from quests and dungeon chests as I go, the LEVELING game just doesn't need 'HQ' gear at any point before 60 frankly, clearly if you want to do 'hardcore' stuff like the raids ON LEVEL and without over-geared 60s then non-HQ stuff is likely a liability for most roles.

[DrWho2010]

i do it cause i can? i ain't a 4 star omni crafter for nothin!

[Sciwolf]

I can make money off of selling them

[RubenSnizzle]

To make people play the game.

I used to craft on my other character, but i stopped when i noticed it's easier and simplier to just sell eikon mats that cost lore. 500k gil per 1k lore is profit over profit imo.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Glamours naturally

[Kosmos992k]

HQ crafted gear also bridges a larger level gap for leveling, so you can jump from one gear set to the next less frequently. NQ gear is quickly outdated, but HQ lasts a few more levels before needing replacement. It's also kind of satisfying to craft your own HQ set while leveling.

Also, once upon a time, Materia was not dripping from the game, and Spirit bonding/converting gear mattered a bit more.

[enthauptet]

The right-side gear (ring/bracelet) in heavensward is available from the amber trader for the amber encased vilekins which you get from doing the levequest chests they drop sometimes. Kind of dumb IMO.