Looking for crafter

[Strykr512]

Hello, so im doing the relic quest for my dragoon and need the champions lance. Is there any crafter that would be willing to make this for me? obviously willing to pay for services. Im on the Limia server. Thank you

[lockey_breezewalker]

You are more likely to get an answer if you shout in areas crafters hang out (Rhalgr's reach, Kugane, Azim Steppes).

Worst case, find the item on the marketboard and if there is none, put it up on your wishlist.

[Strykr512]

Worth a shot lol. Thanks for the tip.

[Hasrat]

It won't be the end of your need for crafting, either. You're likely to need some fairly deep pockets by the end, for all the materia if you don't have a stockpile, and for the final set of desynthesis/high-50 crafted items.

[Alestorm]

Usually if you provide the materials to make it a crafter will make it for you with little issue. If you can it's also not a bad idea to "tip" them with some Gil or arrange a fee. In my experience a bored crafter will do it for free just for something to do or be nice.

[Frizze]

If you find me in game im happy to whip up the lance for you. These relics are easy crafts to make. But i imagine youve found someone by now.

You are more likely to get an answer if you shout in areas crafters hang out (Rhalgr's reach, Kugane, Azim Steppes).

Worst case, find the item on the marketboard and if there is none, put it up on your wishlist.

Shouting is ok, but Partyfinder is better. I peak at the PF list anytime im bored/my mind wanders for even a second(as do many others), and a quick crafting commission is easy to get done. Wishlist is a good idea in spirit, in practice its worthless. I cant search by items people have wished for so unless i happened to be looking at lances(i never have, why would i start now?) id never see it. And even if i did make one theres no guarantee it would go to the right person or that i would list it at a price they could afford. Now if the game had a true commission board(you list the item you want, put down the money youd be willing to pay for it, crafter makes it and submits it, they get your money you get the item - the board could charge a fee to serve as a minor gil-sink too) this would be completely different. A bored crafter(especially one like me who doesnt like to work on spec) could potentially spend hours with a tool like that.

[Paladinleeds]

Now if the game had a true commission board(you list the item you want, put down the money youd be willing to pay for it, crafter makes it and submits it, they get your money you get the item - the board could charge a fee to serve as a minor gil-sink too) this would be completely different.

You know, if Square Enix added something like this, I would be there blasting out commissions left and right. But it'd need a system whereby you accept a commission to lock it for yourself (so that someone else can't pilfer it from you while you craft it). Now, to prevent people from taking commissions to not finish them, there should be a penalty for not completing a commission within say 48 hours (48 hours should be no sweat for everything except maybe Diadem related mats and potentially maps mats too). Perhaps a week lockout from using the commission system?

[Frizze]

Didnt they put all the diadem mats on the red scrip vendor(gathering, level 58 if i remember right - possibly only from Idyll)? If i were designing such a system, youd have allowances(likely 3 or 6). The person placing the order on the board would be probly be anonymous(maybe show once you accept?), they specify the exact item and put their money down(including listing fee). If no one grabs the commission within a week they can take the money back or extend the listing for another week for free. Picking up a commission off the board would lock one of your allowances(submitting the item would release it), and you would put down a fee as well. Youd be allowed to release the commission if you realize that you wont be able to deliver(with a safeguard that you cant pick it back up to prevent using this as a grief tactic). You would certainly need a time limit - my gut says 24 hours, but you might be right about 48. You could do a lockout as punishment for accepting and not delivering, or you could have the commission expire(and relist - possibly with the relisting fee coming out of what you put down when you took the commission) without returning your allowance. Repeat offenders would ban themselves one failed delivery at a time. Once you submit the item, it appears in the mailbox of the person who placed the commission(or maybe they get a message that their retainer has it?).