My 2nd and last discussion for the day.
After level 14 you can no longer make level-gear with the tier 1 hide. However you can also not find and tier 2 hide (or any other tier 2 mats) in stonefalls.
I reached Deshaan at level 20, so I have had to go 6 levels in under-level crafted gear.
Once I finally got to Deshaan, I spent a few hours farming for tier 2 hides, wood and ore.
Well now I am 3/4 of the way through level 20 (I didn't complete quests only killed mobs that drop hides) and have only gathered enough hide to make 4 pieces of level 20 gear.
It is ridiculous! Towards the end of Stonefalls and any first major zone, tier 2 mats need to start appearing.
Hides should drop way more often, it should not cost my 3/4 of a level killing only mobs that drop hide, to get around 60-70 bits of rawhide. By the time I have collected enough mats to craft my armour, I am the next level up and I need to start the whole process again.
This is NOT an issue for me with any other gear craft. Enchanting needs sorting, but I see that in the 1.1 patch notes.
Please Zeni, put more tier two nodes in the latter stages of the first main areas. All zones should have a mixture to be honest to make the crafting from tier 1 to tier 2 a bit smoother. Also make hides drop 100% of the time.
I can get 300 Jute, to 250 wood, to 250 iron, to 50 hide. It is so unbalanced.
Edited by Mortelus on 20 May 2014 01:42 Who has time? But if we never take time how can we ever have time?