Beta Chit Chat

[RedIce]

retainers are their way to make easy money + "solve" any inventory limitations on chars.. since retainers are mog safe + AH slots in one basically. Cause you figure, mules are 3$... and they are 160 slots assuming they get their own free retainers.. might as well just get 3 retainers if you're doing it for pure space. Alts not on another account don't really mean much besides storage imo lol.

[Drakkan]

Agreed. My problem is with the rate at which you can sell items. If there is no AH, then you need to be able to bazaar more per retainer. I spent the bulk of Sunday and Monday (was home sick) playing Miner (from LV1 to LV13). I filled up my inventory (65 items) and gave it all to the retainer in the hopes that I could bazaar it all. With the difficulty of the retainer/market ward system, its going to take a LONG time to sell off that inventory at 10 items at a time. I can definitely see myself wth 2 or 3 retainers, just to keep up with selling items.

[RedIce]

Well, that's kind of similar to how we worked 11's AH system. We had "AH mules" to put extra stuff up on the AH. While I sometimes bazaared stuff overnight I didn't really expect to sell stuff via bazaars very quickly or at an expected rate..except a few currencies that couldn't be AHed. The majority of my income was through the AH not the bazaar. I don't know how much of a difference it'd make if we could bazaar 80 items on our character and still just 10 on our retainer. I don't see us selling a lot on our person.

[RedIce]

few OB stats I just noted:
Alch lv7 the whole time

12 crafts of table salt (lv is high enough that I 50/50 it still)
Main hand weapon: lv1 starter bs thing repaired to 75% before start
After condition is 54% (21% hit)

headpiece lv 12: 7% durability hit
stupid undershirt lv1: 16% hit
Chainmail lv12: 14%
Gloves lv4: 15%
Satchel lv1: 17%
shoes lv11: 9%

So yea.. definitely come retail I"m crafting nekkid except gear with +craftsmanship or control since I think those are the two crafting "stats" that idk wtf they're for lol

[RedIce]

rank 8, 12 crafts, table salt, all rapid synths but one...I mucked up on and did standard lol

weapon: 19
head: 27
half top: 33
chainmail: 6
gloves: 7
shoes: 9



pantalettes: 17
subligar: 6
These two weren't damaged before so not sure if they were exactly at 75%

8/12 Sucess

I'll be keeping more accurate records come release on crafting in general. Hope to figure out some nice little patterns and be able to cut corners early

Also seems repair cost isn't related to how much durability is repaired, only the level and/or type of item.

[RedIce]

Besaid: Home town to Yuna, Wakka, and Lulu in Final Fantasy 10.
Bodhum: Home town to Lightning and Serah in Final Fantasy 13.
Cornelia: Starting town of Final Fantasy.
Fabul: Kingdom that holds the crystal of air in Final Fantasy 4.
Figaro: The castle in the desert in Final Fantasy 6.
Gysahl: Big chocobo town in Final Fantasy 3.
Istory: A town in Final Fantasy 5.
Kashuan: Home to Gordon and Scott in Final Fantasy 2.
Lindblum: Largest city in Final Fantasy 9.
Melmond: Town in Final Fantasy.
Mysidia: Appears in Final Fantasy 2 and 4 as a mage town.
Palamecia: War hungry empire in Final Fantasy 2.
Rabanastre: Vaan's home town in Final Fantasy 12.
Saronia: Kingdom in Final Fantasy 3.
Selbina: Port town in Final Fantasy 11.
Trabia: Cold continent in the northeast region of Final Fantasy 8.
Wutai: Home town of Yuffie in Final Fantasy 7.

[Drakkan]

few OB stats I just noted:
Alch lv7 the whole time

12 crafts of table salt (lv is high enough that I 50/50 it still)
Main hand weapon: lv1 starter bs thing repaired to 75% before start
After condition is 54% (21% hit)

headpiece lv 12: 7% durability hit
stupid undershirt lv1: 16% hit
Chainmail lv12: 14%
Gloves lv4: 15%
Satchel lv1: 17%
shoes lv11: 9%

So yea.. definitely come retail I"m crafting nekkid except gear with +craftsmanship or control since I think those are the two crafting "stats" that idk wtf they're for lol

According to Tanaka's interview Physical stats and Elemental Affinity also have an effect on crafting. So may want to keep on gear that helps both of those as well.

[RedIce]

I won't bother at first because repair costs add up really fast lol

[Ochobocho]

Let's go to cornelia if that is where it all began..?

edit: didnt see we're going to palamecia

[RedIce]

OB ending on Sept 19th 17:00 PDT.

Just for a refresher FYI.