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RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Gharen - 11-01-2014
I pretty much ground my crafting to a halt with the mastercrafts, Hiding everything behind a wall of Gil and RNG for melds is a sure fire way to get alot of people to flat out not even bother. Only reason I see to work on crafting classes any longer is to repair my own gear and outfit my lower lvl classes.
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Kellach Woods - 11-01-2014
(11-01-2014, 07:44 PM)Ilwe Wrote: Also the very firsts ones (like the Gold ore for example for miner) don't have any min gathering requirement now.Probably why I didn't notice anything - I'm not grinding Topsoil and I was grinding Darksteel/Gold ore consistently.
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Maril - 11-25-2014
Way too much time later, I am now finally a 4 star Weaver. I'm still working on my melds, but with the help of food buffs I can reach the stuff to make NQ stuff, so if you're wanting a craft done for looks then I can now do that. Bring mats including crystals, and then tips are appreciated though not needed.Â
I reckon I spent about 5 million on this because I geared up before getting my last two book-turn thingies into HQ.. But so worth it.
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Zyrusticae - 11-25-2014
Worth it? After spending that much of a fortune (to say nothing of the pain and agony of contending with the RNG)? Hmmm!
Really, though, the thread title is way too apt. The Road Through Hell, indeed!
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Maril - 11-25-2014
(11-25-2014, 12:06 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: Worth it? After spending that much of a fortune (to say nothing of the pain and agony of contending with the RNG)? Hmmm!
Really, though, the thread title is way too apt. The Road Through Hell, indeed!
Worth it because I have that wanting to be the very best mentality.. Even if I do trundle along at a much slower rate than everyone else xD
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Kage - 11-25-2014
I've melded my CUL up the wazoo so I can craft my relish way to victory for desynthing and stuff.
After that... oh dear god I need to find an ALC who 4* so I can buy like THREE BOOKS T_T so I can reset my stupid desynths from a long time ago.
THEN... THEN... I need to meld OTHER CRAFTS so I can actually mastercraft things. Like LTW. Who I started to do melds for. The only HQ AF melded left on my CUL are the little booties and I'm just.. ; ;
SUFFERING. I need to get good at rotations when working with NQ tomatoes ; ;
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Gegenji - 11-25-2014
I... get the odd feeling that once I start leveling my crafting classes, I'm just gonna stop at 50.
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Warren Castille - 11-26-2014
(11-25-2014, 12:22 PM)Gegenji Wrote: I... get the odd feeling that once I start leveling my crafting classes, I'm just gonna stop at 50.
You can repair level 50 gear when reaching the appropriate craft to 40. Crafting's a nightmare in this game, just go for repairs.
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Berrod Armstrong - 11-26-2014
(11-26-2014, 09:18 AM)Warren Castille Wrote:HEGGHGHNGHN. Been procrastinating so hard with leveling the crafts!(11-25-2014, 12:22 PM)Gegenji Wrote: I... get the odd feeling that once I start leveling my crafting classes, I'm just gonna stop at 50.
You can repair level 50 gear when reaching the appropriate craft to 40. Crafting's a nightmare in this game, just go for repairs.
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Steel Wolf - 11-26-2014
When I read about how horrible four-star was and how ultimately useless it is compared to the Item Level Cliff of Yoshi's Continued Madness, I halted all crafting.
...which is a real shame, because the actual gameplay of gathering and crafting was the most fun I had in an MMO.
Another black mark for me on this title, it seems. :c
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Gegenji - 11-26-2014
(11-26-2014, 09:18 AM)Warren Castille Wrote:(11-25-2014, 12:22 PM)Gegenji Wrote: I... get the odd feeling that once I start leveling my crafting classes, I'm just gonna stop at 50.
You can repair level 50 gear when reaching the appropriate craft to 40. Crafting's a nightmare in this game, just go for repairs.
Not having all 50s on my main will most likely bug the heck out of me if I don't do it, though. Plus side, I plan to get most of the levels just doing Ixali dailies. It's how I got my ALC on him as high as it is (40-something), and I can get gil and oak-knots or whatever out of 'em, too.
I've heard nothing but horror stories about the star-levels, though, and as such I feel pretty good about not pushing that particular envelope any.
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Berrod Armstrong - 11-26-2014
(11-26-2014, 10:04 AM)Steel Wolf Wrote: When I read about how horrible four-star was and how ultimately useless it is compared to the Item Level Cliff of Yoshi's Continued Madness, I halted all crafting.I'm actually seeing a lot of people reaping the reward of going for it -- because it's not really just about ilvl and PvE -- housing opens a HUGE door for making a metric bangton of gil from people, making it more than worth it if you're dedicated.
...which is a real shame, because the actual gameplay of gathering and crafting was the most fun I had in an MMO.
Another black mark for me on this title, it seems. :c
Crafting is an endgame all by itself and I really like the concept -- but I don't have the time to invest in it as much as I'd like. It's fun helping friends get theirs up and then reaping the rewards in turn though!
I have a friend who just does the main story as it updates, and then nothing but crafting and gathering. He's so rich now I just...I don't know. He has a blast doing it too. Hngghn.
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Warren Castille - 11-26-2014
I do appreciate the crafted gear having certain perks you don't see normally. The i90 gear was just reskins of the low-level dungeon sets but you could dye them, and the i110 crafted gear is not only unique looking, but the metal armors are vintage FFXI gear (that wasn't easy to obtain, either!). I'm okay with fundamentally-useless gear that looks neat, I just wish the cost-to-obtain wasn't so astronomically high due to the restricted access.
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Kage - 11-26-2014
For those who are just leveling crafters to 50, look into leveling all crafts to 15~ and then using them to try and craft the HQ grand company turnins. It's super casual way to get there that isn't just like... GSM crafting those raw stones into stuff lol.
Also the same with the gathering turnins. I've leveled miner from lvl 10 to 43 using turnins. Fishing from 2-37 same thing. Maybe a couple months for it's a super casual way to do it.
HQ the orange highlighted ones that you can for MOAR BONUS~
RE: 4 Star Crafting: The road through hell. - Gegenji - 11-26-2014
(11-26-2014, 10:13 AM)Kage Wrote: For those who are just leveling crafters to 50, look into leveling all crafts to 15~ and then using them to try and craft the HQ grand company turnins. It's super casual way to get there that isn't just like... GSM crafting those raw stones into stuff lol.That... might be a way for me to go as well.
When I started with the Free Trial - my goal was to get as many classes to 20 (the trial cap) as possible in the two week period. Crafting/Gathering classes were included, and with those I think I had all of those hit the mark save for the two smithing classes. And Fishing, for obvious reasons.