If your a casual crafter like me, you can barely even make the items to get the final upgrade. In full white script gear + purple tool + specialist job stone, you have just barely the minimum craftsmanship skill. Control is still under so need the best food available to boost it up enough to even try to make the items. It is very much a turn off for me. It’s almost worth waiting until endwalker so I can get level 81 gear which will then have needed stats plus 2 guaranteed matria slots for extra boosts. If it’s anything like the last expansions the fully upgraded tool will last till lvl 90 for basic recipes.

The real *cough* fun *cough* comes with the resplendent tools they added.... 3x as hard combines per tool... but get fancy title after collecting all 8!