Wolffhardt wrote:
Nasomi crafting guides is a big step for the server's viability to continue growing. People think "we have enough crafters", or "everyone can just do their own research".. And that's not the point.
Established servers with 1k+ people should have guides to help folks navigate the crafting on that server. It's why every game with a crafting system has guides.
As someone who's been leveling CC, I still don't know if I've done it the best path.. and I really don't know the best path from 68-99. You can't want all the benefits of a growing server, and then complain about the things that come along with that to support the growth.
True.
Only danger with guides is relying blindly on it without knowing how the crafting/economy system works or the fact that the guide was a snapshot of the best path when the author did it. I also believe that
For example, in the GS thread, Pepsi's suggestion of doing platinum ring/earring I thought was a waste of gil given the fail/crit fail rate on Nasomi. I could very well be wrong but given I was at that level a few months ago, the picture/environment might have changed.
All that to say, research matters when doing crafting. FFXIclopedia recipes list per bracket level (0-10 | 10-20 etc.) mixed with Nasomi wonderful online auction tool will always be 10x more helpful than a guide made by someone who lvled that craft a while back.
I seriously doubt anyone ever lvled a craft to 100 while following a guide except if they had access to significant amount of gil obtained through end-game.