Crafting specific question thread. Moar undyed canvas.

[Sephiroth]

What do I skill up leather on at rank 10?

[Elcura]

Sheepskin Vamps? Alternatively you could do Sinew if you have the shards for it.

[Sephiroth]

YG lists sheepskin vamps as a rank 1 synth... Surely there's something better by rank 10. Unless YG is wrong.

[Elcura]

YG is wrong.

Edit: Skin > Leather > Vamps is pretty much all you do to skill up LW.

[miokomioko]

Yeah, sheepskin vamps were a solid ~350 skill at rank 9 for me, they should be good for a while, and they are worth a pretty penny when you NPC them.

[Sephiroth]

Alright, thanks. Problem is sheepskin is like 3k each on my server due to the lanolin synth. However that synth was nerfed last night so maybe sheepskin prices will fall.

Where are our dat miners? SE added a shitload of new items and I wanna see what. It seems every class has at least one new tool. Most use steel but I found a mythril culinarian knife.

Edit: Nevermind. http://www.ffxivpro.com/update/2010-11-26

[Elcura]

Considering a skin makes 4 leather, it could be worse. If in doubt, leve quest for materials.

[Sephiroth]

lol true, wish I hadn't sold the 21 skins I got from levelling THM and ARC to 8.

[goodr]

I haven't done many leves, especially lower ranked leves, but today I tried some low rank ones to see if I could nab marks. I noticed I was getting a pile of shards and crystals. On one of the rank1 leves, with a rating of 213, I got 50 shards! Is this new?

[miokomioko]

Yeah, they bumped up the crystal rewards from local leves significantly. It's buried somewhere in the wall-of-update notes.

[miokomioko]

I suppose this would be a better place to ask... What's the recipe, skill, and estimated realistic rank for attempting Cracked Shepherd's Belt > Vintage Shepherd's Belt?

I want to start collecting ingredients and either hunting down crafters or start grinding on the appropriate class.

[goodr]

Anyone notice a change in required rank to repair things?

Repaired the following:
- Leather Wristguard (r23) as Leatherworker r12 (11 rank difference)
- Cotton Trousers (r28) as Weaver r14 (14 rank difference)

Still unable to repair:
- Leather Duckbills (r21) as Leatherworker r12 (19 rank difference)
- Skull Eyepatch +1 (r33) as Leatherworker r12 (21+5 rank difference)

[Sephiroth]

SE probablt made the formula (Rank -15) + quality*5 to get around the issue of HQ3 rank 46+ gear. But just guessing based on the stuff you posted.

[Ruin]

any advice out there for armorer 27-30?

[goodr]

Mag. Craftsmanship versus Craftsmanship - is the consensus that it's an either/or? Or do we not know yet.

I've probably read this so many times, but I'm just now trying to put it to use so of course I can't remember.

[jPuff]

I dunno, I feel like I'm the only one still using distilled water (+mag. craft). Other people are eating some +craftmanship fish thing or whatever, if anything. Completely anecdotal though, obviously.

[bruiser]

I think it's going to be hard to test that really effectively until a much larger variety of equipment is available so we can max out one stat while simultaneously minimizing the other.

[goodr]

Anyone notice a change in required rank to repair things?

Repaired the following:
- Leather Wristguard (r23) as Leatherworker r12 (11 rank difference)
- Cotton Trousers (r28) as Weaver r14 (14 rank difference)

Still unable to repair:
- Leather Duckbills (r21) as Leatherworker r12 (19 rank difference)
- Skull Eyepatch +1 (r33) as Leatherworker r12 (21+5 rank difference)

Plumed Willow Shortbow (r21) only repairable at Woodworking r11+ (also checked at 8, 9, 10). Still some outliers

[jPuff]

Yes, repairing my velveteen scarf with r15 weaver was kind of awesome. It felt "wrong," but was super nice. I bought a bunch of fents to save time begging for a fix the next time it breaks.

[Sephiroth]

Hmm, is all velvet gear repairable that low? Might be worth taking weaver up to 15 or so now.