crafting is it worth it?

[FraenirVolsung]

nope not worth it.. you can obtain everything Better then a crafter can make via myth tokens/bahamut

Pretty much this ^^

Only the HQ versions of the item level 70 crafted gear (Heavy Darksteel, Vanya, Mailbreaker, Astrolabe, etc.) are roughly equivalent of the much easier to obtain Darklight Gear. Unfortunately the cost of HQing these items is hugely prohibitive. Just the coke for 1 darksteel ingot is about 1000 tomestones of philosophy.

When you get into the AF+1/Bahamut gear you can't come close with crafted gear + melds.

[Neri]

The only thing that annoyed me about crafting is the RNG itself. I am equipped appropriate to my level, even the tools are HQ. Tried to create items which has 15 level requirement to current level and failed the touch command for 5 times in a row.... the quality ended up at 8% and somehow it HQed the item for me. On the other hand, another item got a quality to 98% but give me an NQ. This happened quite a lot too for some reason..

[Ksenia]

Don't launch as a crafting class. Ignore it until you have one or more DoW, DoM to 50. Everything over 30 is beast mat anyway.

The quest lines for the crafting classes and the potential levequest crafts are a gill opportunity but as others have pointed out, the gear doesn't compete. Even at level 50 my Weaver requires HQ mats to make HQ parts on anything but Hempen yarn and cloth. Between the stealth throttles, low stats and time to level, crafting is something you do or don't.

If you are asking, the answer is no, it isn't worth it.

[Nedhitis]

Well, for me, it has been both fun AND rewarding... You just need to get the knack on crafting HQ items often, then they sell very well on the market, effectively paying your teleportation costs, repair costs while STILL keeping all the money you get from quests.

I do admit, though: it can be frustrating... I really hate when the supposed "10%" of failure chance for Basic Touch + Steady Hand keeps ocurring at the worst moments and FAR more often than just 10% of the time...

So, personally, I will tell you that Crafting on this game is a matter of whether you like it or not. I am very good at maths and the crafting here is very dependant on numbers, therefore, I like it; it is fun and challenging for me, and rewarding since I know my way through the market boards... But I do realize not many people share this liking of mine, so... well, you see from this point on.

I started very early with both DoH and DoL (before reaching 20 on my first combat class), and I must say: I have little to no regrets.

Fun fact: I was attracted to the feature because of Materia. I already got gear with slots and 3 DoH professions over level 20 and I am yet to make any melding. The twists of life, huh...

[Roaran]

I make millions of gil every day. I think it's worth it, and apparently people buying the crap I make think it's worth it too.

[Zumi]

Crafting is pretty good made 2m so far just putting base relic weapons up on the AH

[Jynx]

You can make money doing it, but it's not very "Fulfilling" as everything you make is a sub-par version of what people are clambering to obtain from the endgame.

[Ksenia]

I do admit, though: it can be frustrating... I really hate when the supposed "10%" of failure chance for Basic Touch + Steady Hand keeps ocurring at the worst moments and FAR more often than just 10% of the time...

Like you, I have my potential control and craftsmanship capped out and it doesn't matter. Touch fail is locked in and it's closer to half the time for me. It's tied to the quality to exper system and it was like this in 1.00 as well. In order to throttle power leveling they need to gimp HQ. I know why they do it, I just don't like it.

[Dreamer]

Fun, yes. Worth it, no. It is an amazingly complex, interesting, entertaining system used to make a lot of items no one wants to buy because pretty much anything you can get from a quest reward or an instance is better.

Completely and utterly not true. A same-level HQ crafted piece with appropriate materia is noticeably better than anything you will get from a quest or dungeon drop, with the exception of top-end stuff.

[TitaniaZero]

I use it frankly for my non-main classes. Once all the questies are gone so are the rewards, and not all classes that one person has will be able to outfit their chara up. At most the dungeons replace what I can make but I don't do those very often or when I do the drop rate is unfairly against me.

Still I enjoy it. But is it really worth it? Depends on what you want out of it. Eventually crafting is going to become moot when everyone is 50 using upper tier 'raiding' gear.