Feedback on Expert Recipes:

[KageTokage]

I'm not sure spamming level 70 items is more efficient due to the sheer amount of materials you need to actually make that many.

Not to mention few people are gathering/selling the mats for them due to the fact that you gain zero skybuilders points from appraising them.

On the subject of expert recipes, though, I think they seriously needed to remove the collectability cap on them or at least make it much higher, because quantity > quality should NOT be a viable option in a ranking system if it's allowing macro spammers and botters with materials to burn to keep up with/pass people who actually know what they're doing.

[Jojoya]

I'm not sure spamming level 70 items is more efficient due to the sheer amount of materials you need to actually make that many.

Not to mention few people are gathering/selling the mats for them due to the fact that you gain zero skybuilders points from appraising them.

I wasn't referring to material or overall efficiency, though. I was talking about the fastest way to add to stockpile progress.

I can craft and turn in about 22 Expert, 90 Level 80 or 300 Level 70 per hour. Once I hit my daily goal for Skyward Points, if I feel like doing more crafting I'll focus on stockpile progress (frequently on an alt). Level 70 items will add more progress per hour so that's what I make. I've never had a problem getting mats, and selling the scrip emotes on the MB makes a lot more gil than I spend.

Not everyone cares about getting Skyward Points. The rewards were underwhelming to them and they don't feel it's worth the effort. But many of them do care about the stockpile progress since the Restoration appears to be leading to a new housing district, or at the very least they're curious about what the Firmament will look like when completed.

For those who'd like more info so they can decide what they want to focus on if their primary goal is to progress the stockpile faster
:
Expert 6000+ is 524 stockpile points (set number, not scaled like Skyward Points).
Expert 5100-5999 is 437 stockpile points.
Expert 4500-5099 is 374 stockpile points.
Level 80 max rating is 125 stockpile points.
Level 70 max rating is 78 stockpile points.