Thread: 5.1 Crafting Feedback Thread

@Maeka - this is not specifically targeted at you, you were just the last using this argument of 'crafters overcharged = they are unjustly rich because of it'.

I'm tired of being hit around the head with this argument in every thread where crafters are asking for more complex / harder crafting. And yes, harder crafting will make items more expensive but potentially also more time consuming.

Someone - like me - that started back in 1.0 - 100 million might be a lot, for a newer player 1 million might be a lot.

I've sold multiple 1000's of crafted items over the years and hit 10 million shortly before 5.0. I tend to charge at the lower end of the price scale.
I've also spent maybe 10 million on levelling up desynth.


Gathering example
Collect 400 resources and sell them = 30mins / 120 - 200k
Collect 400 resources & transform into 100 nq resources = 40mins / 100 - 200k
Collect 400 resources & transform into 100 hq resources = 75 mins / 300 - 500k

Adventure example (dailies)
- 2 retainer = 5k
- 5 dailies = 70 - 80k
- 12 beast tribe adventures = 30k
- Daily hunts = 30k
= Total 100 - 150k

Treasure hunts / fate farming = much more especially if you sell dropped resources.

Gear prices
Pre 5.0. top 'white' HQ gear, which was always sufficient if threshold was met up to 1-2 * items with no overmelds.
After 5.0, this works with full 80 HQ non facet gear and no overmelding (80% hq without any prerequisites hq)

Prices pre 4.0: top white HQ Crafter (80) / Gatherer gear : 100 - 250k
Prices 5:0: top white HQ Crafter / Gatherer gear: 40 -120k with majority around 60-90k, (90%), some few exceptions: 150-240k, Facet gear to start: 250 - 750k (not needed to create facet gear)
Prices after 5.1: 60's - 70's white hq gear: 10-90k, top white HQ Crafter (80) / Gatherer gear: 8k - 25k for vast majority, few exceptions 40-80k, facet gear : 100 - 150k (full set 1.2 - 1.5 million)

I personally don't consider these prices to be outrageous at all, on the contrary i would argue they are now too low to be worth making for the vast majority of items.

MSQ
If you do full MSQ and selling drops you don't need, you should be nearing 5 million without doing much else.

Conclusion
So please folks, stop this myth of every crafter is so rich because they overcharged.
This is just not the truth and either was achieved by extreme time investment, playing the MB and/or crafting stuff which requires rare drops and / or unspoiled resources.

PS. I'm someone who does large-scale HW leves for completion purposes, so definately not the most efficient money maker out there.