Absurd Yoshi Absurd...

[ReinjiMD]

This is indeed a legit issue that needs to be addressed. For a moment I thought that this thread should be in General Discussion, but then the strong opinion of the majority that wish to rush end game and compete in gear score might blur the issue.

[Khazar]

Agree with OP. The items you need to buy with tomstones for the 2 stars recipe are way too expensive in tomstone to be worth it. People would simply prefer to buy the Darklight sets or AF+1. Also in general the crafters commerce is so broken. Not worth it to craft the majority of things to sell them in the markets and earn money.

[Chosen]

There is not much variability that Materia can add because of the stat cap on HQ gears. Sure, it will add variety, but i'm sure a lvl 50 dragoon doesn't need mind or piety in his gear to be able to dps

[Unforgiven]

I have to agree here. It's pretty disappointing that in a game that is designed around crafters being their own classes they don't have more viability. There is quite literally zero point to ever making any max level gear. You get much better gear for a lot less work with turning in the tomes. None of the gear that is dropped in the end level dungeons are convertible so you can't break them down for materia. Even if you could none of the good tome gear gear can use materia. None of the crafted gear even with materia is better than the tome gear. Just AWFUL game design here!

What does it take to get a dev/cm response to such a MAJOR design flaw?

[Myrhn]

Maybe with the 2 star gear you get materia IV or V not really sure how to get those.

[Happybandido]

Know its not the subject but where can I get signatures like the one Khazar above has? thanks.

[Koreos]

I don't think it should. Just different.
If you make crafted gear the best you give crafters an advantage over players who don't like crafting.
If you make dungeon gear the best you remove the incentive to get to a high level as a crafter.

Make the rare crafting mats drop in dungeons. Symbiotic relationship, supply and demand.

[urtv]

no reason to craft armor other than for looks when you are in town.dungeon gear has nearly 2x the stats of crafted gear.

they really need to buff the stats on crafted gear.kind of stupid to make them viable only for pvp

[Dyslogic]

I'm not sure what kind of math you guys are using but High Quality (or even NQ) versions of Ilevel 70 gear is way better than Philosophy gear and in some cases better than even Mythology if conditions are met. Besides you have the versatility of specing for specific stats. I have compared Sorcerer's gear (lvl 90 Mythology) with HQ Vanya gear (crafted lvl 70) and in some cases is more convenient to go with the Vanya considering stats priority (for example 1 INT equaling 2 DET in the case of BLM being INT>CRIT>DET etc..).

[Onolock]

HQ crafted gear melded is way better than darklight gear.