[Saeryne]

I dont quite get this need for crystals for everything.

I want to make sme yarn from moko grass... and I need crystals? Why??

I can see this is gonna drive me round the bend.

Its almost like they think just gathering the grass isnt enough ' lets make it harder for no reason' :/

Is it best just to do alot of battleleves then craft or?

Also, I wish there was on in-game recipe list.

[karari]

The crystal actually has a property that is apparent in FFXI, but not so in FFXIV. For example, fire crystal does with heating so for a lot of food recipes a fire crystal is needed. Wind crystals were for shearing and cutting so for lumber, wind crystals are needed. Earth was binding so for synthing cloth, earth was needed (etc.)

I would suggest taking crafting leves (from the person right next to the battlecraft leves). They give you the materials and it requires no crystals to synth, essentially giving you free skill ups.

And while I also wish there was an ingame recipe list (to an extent), I love how it forces the community to cooperate together and share information. Besides, you have a nifty journal that came with the game? =P

[Saeryne]

karari, on Sep 24, 2010 - 6:06 AM, said:

The crystal actually has a property that is apparent in FFXI, but not so in FFXIV. For example, fire crystal does with heating so for a lot of food recipes a fire crystal is needed. Wind crystals were for shearing and cutting so for lumber, wind crystals are needed. Earth was binding so for synthing cloth, earth was needed (etc.)

I would suggest taking crafting leves (from the person right next to the battlecraft leves). They give you the materials and it requires no crystals to synth, essentially giving you free skill ups.

And while I also wish there was an ingame recipe list (to an extent), I love how it forces the community to cooperate together and share information. Besides, you have a nifty journal that came with the game? =P

I will try those crafting leves. Might be a good thing to do whilst waiting for the battle and field leve CD. Thanks!

I also found that paying to use a Camps craft area increases success. helped me quite abit!

[Takhimar]

Saeryne, on Sep 24, 2010 - 4:08 AM, said:

I dont quite get this need for crystals for everything.

I want to make sme yarn from moko grass... and I need crystals? Why??

Did you mean shards? or actual crystals?

If its just shards, then as Karari said.

If you are having trouble getting crystals, they recently buffed the drop rate of crystals from even insignificant mobs. So kill 10 or so and see which kind of crystal drops you get so you know where to farm.

Squirrels and rats occasionally drop a pair of fire crystals, for instance, as well as earth crystals and a plethora of shards.

[Inaaca]

Shards and crystals are more or less the catalyst that brings everything together when creating something, and as Karari said, each crystal/shard has a different purpose.