Final Fantasy XIV crafting patch screws over high-level crafters

[Hanaya]

I was able to make decent money on patch day by selling things at prices normal players can afford as opposed to the ultra rich. I'm more of the side of making levelling crafters faster so that people can become more self-sufficient and less reliant on people who thinks it's ok to sell gear or glams at 1-2mil or higher.

Gear is only that expensive on day 1, though? Prices on my server dropped to like 400-500k per each piece by the end of the day, and they're like 300k today. I'm pretty sure by the end of the week, they'll be more around 100k-150k, which is pretty reasonable. Like, nobody needs crafted gear. You can do 99% of the content in the game without dropping a million on crafted gear on patch day.

I mean, yeah, 3mil for a piece of gear is ridiculous. But if someone wants to buy a piece of gear I crafted 40 min after patch dropped for 3 mil instead of literally waiting a few days, that's on them. The only people who really need crafted gear the moment patch drops are really high end savage raiders (like people doing world race). And 99% of the time, glams are expensive because the mats are hard to get (like treasure map stuff), not because people are trying to price gouge you. Honestly, at least on my server, crafted glams generally sell for almost the same amount that it would take to just buy the mats and craft it yourself (or even for less lol).

But at the end of the day, if people are going to buy an item for a certain price, then why price it lower? If people aren't willing to pay that much, then the market will adjust until prices meet what people are willing to pay.

edit: and also, leveling your crafters (and gatherers) is already super easy. I levelled mine from 1-80 in a week, and from 80-90 in like 1 or 2 days? And if you don't want to put the effort in, you can just do what my friend did and level them from 1-80 over the course of 4-5 months by basically just doing grand company turn ins.

[Fenefab]

And if crafting was harder and more "exclusive" people would complain about that too. Can't please everyone unfortunately. If you want to make tons of gil, you can definitely find your market even with the current economy, you just gotta know where to look and when to switch to selling something else to make the biggest profit.

I was able to make decent money on patch day by selling things at prices normal players can afford as opposed to the ultra rich.

Also this. Most people are unlikely to pay millions of gil for every single gear piece. More reasonable(/affordable to the average player) prices = more sales that add up nicely over time. Patience!

[Maxeum]

We (High-level crafters) have been screwed since they nerfed the time it takes to level back in shadowbringers coupled with the easing of the master craft recipes. It is simple, you increase the number of something, that something's value will go down, this includes jobs, items, etc... A real world example would be, if we increase the number of doctors, being a doctor loses a certain amount of value.