Crafter's Shortchanged in Buried Memory

[RyuDragnier]

Most crafters and gatherers actually don't want to replace their gear every patch.

Especially due to the cost of overmelding. That ain't cheap, and you can easily lose millions doing it.

[Jojoya]

Especially due to the cost of overmelding. That ain't cheap, and you can easily lose millions doing it.

This is where players cause problems for themselves. For crafting and gathering, materia comes almost "naturally" through Extraction when you're spending a lot of time doing the content the gear is intended for.

The start of the expansion is always rough because new materia added to the game is starting from a zero supply. By the time the x.1 patch arrives, you should be near rolling in materia.

I had very little need to buy or grind scrip for materia when it came time to pentameld my Pactmaker set because I had gotten most of what I needed through Extraction and scrip earned from weekly Custom Deliveries. I already have what I should need for the new crafted sets that will get added in 6.3 plus leftovers for doing some simple overmelding on sets I will make for my alts.

I don't even go that hardcore on crafting compared to many end game crafters. I do remember to use the Squadron Spiritbond Manuals when doing Master Crafting, and those plus the Superior Spiritbond Potion when gathering from Legendary nodes.

The only time it's going to get expensive if you're going to the effort of pentamelding but spend most of your time crafting low level recipe that don't need it. At that point, you're better off skipping the pentamelding, making easier items to sell for profit then buying the gear you want that needed the pentamelding in the first place.

Certainly there's a good feeling that comes from making all your own gear but was it worth it if it means spending 20 million on materia when the gear itself is only worth 4million less than a week after release?