Crafting is almost Perfect !!

[Jinko]

^ Exactly before this patch HQ was very easy to obtain, people have just got used to that and now they feel self entitled to get a HQ every 3-4 synths.

HQ's are supposed to be special not 2 a penny.

SE probably saw the marketwards flooded with HQ items and thought wait up we need to correct this before it gets out of hand.

[Feanturo]

You still can easy HQ everything when all ingredients are +1, the only thing that really matters now is that you have acess to the right skills.

[hrdndv]

Comment on low level crafting... After gaining maybe 20 levels in leatherwork, weaving, carpenter, armorer, goldsmith I can say the new system is just plain strange. Moving from level 15 to 25 I have seen the percentage of successful outcomes actually go down as the experience also decreased from 950 per craft to 350 per craft on the same item. The new skills are mostly useful but some don't seem to do anything. Skills to boost quality don't seem to do much. Still, gaining experience is faster, no question. I can level up a level in about an hour of dedicated work. I can also craft stuff way over my level which I couldn't touch before. I have gotten over 1000 experience for a single crafting many times over. It is a crap shoot though. The element stabilization ability rarely actually works and I haven't figured out when it is going to work. When it works you get a massive increase in quality and progress on the next crafting with minimal decrease in durability. I used to be able to get 1000 quality on a regular basis but haven't seen it on the new system. Curiously I have gotten HQ items on less than 800 quality several times without double down. Still, I have gotten 0% progress on Standard and Careful syntheses which never happened in the old system. Also when running +80% quality I apply one of the quality boosters and the quality drops to +25% -- hardly a quality boost! Overall I like the new system, though I find it frustrating as hell.

[tymora]

Going back on topic...to make crafting perfect, I think all we need now is:
1) Ability to continue on last recipe without selecting it from menu (like in a leve)

[Jinko]

Going back on topic...to make crafting perfect, I think all we need now is:
1) Ability to continue on last recipe without selecting it from menu (like in a leve)

I would gladly welcome this.

[waldo]

^ Exactly before this patch HQ was very easy to obtain, people have just got used to that and now they feel self entitled to get a HQ every 3-4 synths.

HQ's are supposed to be special not 2 a penny.

SE probably saw the marketwards flooded with HQ items and thought wait up we need to correct this before it gets out of hand.

If this was the reasoning, HQ items need a good buffing, at the moment there is just a slight amount of defense buffed, and maybe a bit more of one of the stats.
The best thing about HQ is the 5% buff to double melding... And that's still a real crap shoot.

[PSxpert2011]

I would like to speak to an NPC about crafting... instead of searching on the internet, he/she could mentor me on what I want and what I need for it. Where do I get it and what level I need to be to craft it and stuff. More like a resource in-game for those of us you can't access the internet while in-game. Those of us who don't want go through the trouble with a limited connection.

It's just an idea of convenience. Like a search function for crafts. ;D

again, not to hate on the wiki but SE could do it or not?

[Green_and_a_Half]

I would like to speak to an NPC about crafting... instead of searching on the internet, he/she could mentor me on what I want and what I need for it. Where do I get it and what level I need to be to craft it and stuff. More like a resource in-game for those of us you can't access the internet while in-game. Those of us who don't want go through the trouble with a limited connection.

It's just an idea of convenience. Like a search function for crafts. ;D

again, not to hate on the wiki but SE could do it or not?

2.0 all recipes you know will be in a database with your character and you will have to quest new higher recipes to make the new gear

[Jinko]

I would like to speak to an NPC about crafting... instead of searching on the internet, he/she could mentor me on what I want and what I need for it. Where do I get it and what level I need to be to craft it and stuff. More like a resource in-game for those of us you can't access the internet while in-game. Those of us who don't want go through the trouble with a limited connection.

It's just an idea of convenience. Like a search function for crafts. ;D

again, not to hate on the wiki but SE could do it or not?

As Green said in 2.0 we are getting a recipe book, many recipes will be learn as you level, some will be earned from completing leves and others will require the completion of quests.

Instead of choosing items from your inventory you will choose the recipe you want to craft, the recipe will indicate whether you have the materials prior to synthesis.

I did like the way FF11 required you to ask the NPC to discover new recipes, its just too bad 11 didn't have a recipe book to remember them.