crafting is gone

[Deceptus]

If someone levels their crafts to 80 right now, they can buy a full set of crafting gear for less than 1,000,000 gil. They can spend a few hours gathering then craft collectables for tier 8 materia in guaranteed slots and a handful of tier 4 overmelds, that is all you need now. Then copy a rotation from online. In a matter of like 5 hours, a new crafter at level 80 can be on par with the best crafters. The level 80 two star crafts are so easy that a crafting noob can do it just as easily as a veteran crafter. It completely trivializes crafting.

How would people like it if a brand new player reaches level 80 combat and within a matter of a few hours can raid just as well as the best experienced raiders? It would make raiding feel like it is not an accomplishment whatsoever. So why is it alright to make crafting that easy? They take pride in raiding, we want to be able to take pride in crafting again, like we used to.

What's the difference between your scenario and someone buying 450 HQ crafted set once they hit 80? Just because you're geared for content doesn't mean you're good at it or ready for it.

Having the crafted gear doesn't mean you know jack about crafting.

But it doesn't take long to level crafting. A month ago I started 2 new accounts (accounts, not alts) and it took me 20 days to get them from 0 to all 80 crafts. And on top of that, you do not need to have all crafts at 80 to do end game crafts. BSM to lv 15 is needed (half an hour), all other cross class abilities help but are not necessary. I have 6 omnicrafting accounts, and if I wanted another lv 80 ALC crafting account it could literally be done within 24 hours. Leveling combat jobs takes longer. You can do end game crafts with a single crafting class at 80 just like you can do end game raids with a single combat class at 80.

Honest question, did you get the items for the crafts yourself or did you buy it all with one of your other accounts with more money?

Hmm, I don't think I've ever used Prudent Touch. Just took a closer look. It costs a bit more Waste Not, and only gives you 100% efficiency. I guess the advantage is that with Waste Not, you lose steps when doing actions that don't increase quality, so it's actually less efficient. Perhaps the Waste Not's need to be dropped, and just keep Prudent Touch.

That was me. Leveled everything to 80 using a method that used Precise Touch on good procs. Never touched prudent at all. Can easily craft 80 mats from NQ to HQ. Only 456 CP without NQ Blood Boublionaise (sp)