Brin Ahlrine Wrote:In XI, anytime a got a hold of a crafter, all they would want is for me to buy the ingredients. If it HQ'd, I wouldn't get charged more. Even if it was a NQ, the crafter wouldn't ever ask for gil, however, I did always tip my crafters for the time they took to help me out.
That works if you have all the mats and only want something made with them.
A LOT of the transactions in FF XIV so far however are more on the "Buy [item] for gil" type.