Two questions about crafted gear

[Aylis]

I currently have an ever-growing stash of gil on my 2nd retainer. Its sole purpose is for obtaining place-holder gear when the expansion drops.

I started playing this game after Stormblood had launched, so...

-How long does it usually take after an expansion drops before you start seeing level-capped gear on the MB?

-How long does it usually take after a new tier of crafted gear is released before the prices stabilize?

I tried Google, but I swear that Google is no longer a search engine. Instead, it's a I'll-give-you-whatever-results-I-want engine.

Those are difficult questions to give a straight answer too and have a lot of variables to take in. I mean...I can answer as best I can based on my own experiences cause I tend to prefer crafted gear over tomb gear.

1) After a expansion maybe a month or two because the crafter needs to level to max, re-gear, re-materia, get their master recipe books on top of building a stock of the new materials needed to make the things. After a normal numbered patch, I wanna say maybe a few days to a week before max ilvl items start showing up. Again depending if the crafter needs to re-gear and re-materia.

2) That depends on what you view as stable and what your own comfort zone is on what you're willing to spend. Usually prices seem to settle around a set mark as less people need the gear and more of it is on the market place. Which could take months just because at the start you're going to be competing against the raiders and the hardcore min-maxers who won't think twice about paying whatever it takes to get the pieces they want. I wanna say somewhere around the halfway point of the currant contents life span is when crafted gear becomes more stable for those of us that either prefer crafted gear or just like min-maxing to get the most out of their gear for a longer period of time.