Quote Originally Posted by WhiteArchmage View Post
Funnily enough, ALC has a recipe for Potter's Clay which is, in turn, used in some housing items, particularily potted plants (also ALC) so we can asume that some members of the alchemist guild or with some experience with the guild turned away from the potionmaking trade and moved towards more mundane works like glassmaking and pottery
It wouldn't surprise me if Ul'dah was the home city of glass and clay workers, but it just feels a bit... odd, really, that these two trades don't get their own separate guild. For gameplay purposes, I understand why we're not glassworkers or potters - adventurers gotta craft things that adventurers use - but that in-lore, they're just lumped into ALC? At least give them a separate guild that gets mentioned!

Both glassblowing and pottery have been practiced for millenia on Earth, no reason why it's not the same for Eorzea (and glass can be found in the Sunken Temple, for evidence that it's been around for a long time too). And they're both complex trades, producing a wide range of goods. It's just that almost none of those goods are relevant to an adventurer's life.

It actually makes me wonder why we don't see any glass cups or jugs, pitchers, etc, in-game. Eorzea definitely should have the technology to manufacture them - Ancient Rome had clear glass vessels back in the 4th century BC, after all.