Quote Originally Posted by RiyahArp View Post
It's too hard to do this to make 4 star gear for yourself. The caps are so high that only a full set of HQ white gear overmelded moderately (but with t6 crafting materia in the main slots) will give you the stats to HQ it. You're looking at 20+million as a one time investment to be able to get that; even augmented scrip gear won't work. And even then unless you can make all parts and gather them you are saving maybe 50% or less on the cost of the finished item if you buy HQ mats.
I supplied several people with the new 350-HQ-gear And I spend about an hour yesterday crafting Crimson Cider for our little casual static.
I know what effort is required to get the stats for that - I have a full, self-made, overmelded to the top ala mhigan set. I think I spend about 3-4 million on it in the end (needed some more materia) - you can get materia elsewhere. You can get all the mats yourself. (And yes, you should ignore the yellow scrips gear...)
Granted, I had a foot in the crafting endgame since ARR... so I know its tedious and not hush-hush easy to get your crafters ready and rolling, but its not "too hard" and if you want to supply yourse... oh wait, I forgot - the whole thread is about people who dont even want to run Sigma NM more than once a week to get gear. My bad. Dont bother with crafting. Find a crafter-friend. Treat them nicely!

But even if you dont end up making the gear yourself: if you're "broke af" you can level up a crafter, just to do the weekly Zhloe/Naago turn ins, get some cheap and easy yellow and red scrips, but materia and mats for those and sell them without the need of a huge time investment.