So, some of you might have noticed that crafting is HARD, especially once you reach around Rank 10+ and you try some of the recipes that you -should- be able to do.
thing is, I'm under the impression that the more you rank up, the more you need those up-to-date tool and crafting clothes to compensate for the difficulty of recipes (and don't forget that facilities buff!).
Good tools are expensive however, especially now when only the most devoted players can make them. Right now, a Rank 12 Blacksmith hammer costs between 60k and 80k at least.
I had a talk with Soi Fon, one of the more advanced (and certainly one of the more social) crafters on Besaid and I asked them the question that's been boggling me for some time: since all the crafters require something more advanced in order to craft tools, how did the first one to get far enough to do it managed to do it? Soi Fon's answer was : lots of patience.
So there you have it. Either spill the gil and equip yourselves, or be prepared to rank up slowly with leves and lower crafting recipes until you can tackle the harder ones without those hard-to-get tools and eventually you will succeed.
Also keep in mind that, as time goes, more and more people will be able to make those tools, the Offer will get closer and closer to meeting the Demand, and prices will simply have to lower. Right now, things are expensive only because they are rare.
thing is, I'm under the impression that the more you rank up, the more you need those up-to-date tool and crafting clothes to compensate for the difficulty of recipes (and don't forget that facilities buff!).
Good tools are expensive however, especially now when only the most devoted players can make them. Right now, a Rank 12 Blacksmith hammer costs between 60k and 80k at least.
I had a talk with Soi Fon, one of the more advanced (and certainly one of the more social) crafters on Besaid and I asked them the question that's been boggling me for some time: since all the crafters require something more advanced in order to craft tools, how did the first one to get far enough to do it managed to do it? Soi Fon's answer was : lots of patience.
So there you have it. Either spill the gil and equip yourselves, or be prepared to rank up slowly with leves and lower crafting recipes until you can tackle the harder ones without those hard-to-get tools and eventually you will succeed.
Also keep in mind that, as time goes, more and more people will be able to make those tools, the Offer will get closer and closer to meeting the Demand, and prices will simply have to lower. Right now, things are expensive only because they are rare.
