Square Enix, please think about both Casual AND Hardcore crafters..

[Liam_Harper]

Delicate Synth is bonkers and way too good, though Prep is a culprit too. Its main strength is that it's almost a second Brygots with Strides that doesn't consume IQ. 200% is huge.

The IQ "nerf" doesn't seem very well thought out. We reach cap so early in the craft and this is still the first tier of the expansion.
PbP and Muscle Memory are dying abilities now.

The lv80 skills seem completely pointless. I'm baffled what they were thinking with those.

Reuse is also another baffling design. The interaction with Reclaim is so obvious I can't tell if they intended it, or if they handed ShB DoH design over to someone who's never done crafting. A lot of casual crafters still haven't caught on to just how good this ability is. It's a goldmine.

[ForteNightshade]

Delicate Synth is bonkers and way too good, though Prep is a culprit too. Its main strength is that it's almost a second Brygots with Strides that doesn't consume IQ. 200% is huge.

The IQ "nerf" doesn't seem very well thought out. We reach cap so early in the craft and this is still the first tier of the expansion.
PbP and Muscle Memory are dying abilities now.

The lv80 skills seem completely pointless. I'm baffled what they were thinking with those.

Reuse is also another baffling design. The interaction with Reclaim is so obvious I can't tell if they intended it, or if they handed ShB DoH design over to someone who's never done crafting. A lot of casual crafters still haven't caught on to just how good this ability is. It's a goldmine.

Don't forget Prudent Touch. While it may have been introduced in Stormblood, it's one of the major culprits for easy macro spamming. A lot of these abilities could work if they were restricted somehow; single use or something to that effect? But they're insanely powerful on their own. Together? It turned crafting it's baby mode.

Since I got into crafting, I have never once see the current crafted sets dip below six figures even when it's deep into an odd numbered patch. Currently? They're all near worthless from a profit perspective. And that's supposed to be our endgame.