Crafting in Tera is a joke. Everyone can achieve the max level within few hours just as long as you have the materials ready. Heck, you can even do it while you're watching TV or something. Since you are are able to queue up materials while you level up your crafting. And you only need to craft one item per 50 levels of crafting, which is one of the main component material you need for that current tier. So in total, if you have all the materials ready you can get level 200 crafting easy. Which means you would only need 4 different kinds of recipe to go from 1>50>100>200.

Honestly, I was a bit disappointed in the Tera crafting system. It's kind of useless unless you want to make a white item, then use it as an upgrade material. Even if you are to craft a legendary item, the field boss items are much better. And the instance sets are way better than the ones crafted. The crafting dilemma can easily be fixed if the developers made it so that you can't auction legendary sets from instances and at the same time making those bosses drop a rare material that you can use to craft a similar set, then you can sell that armor/weapon piece. Well, that's just one of my lame theories on how it should be. The only time you would want to level up your crafting is when you want to enhance your equipment so that it may become upgradeable. However as of now, crafting in Tera is a waste of your time and is not really considered end game content.

How is this different from any other crafting game? If you have all the materials, you can just sit there and hit max level easily

I know quite a few people doing various armorcrafting just for more template armor.

Not to agree or disagree with you, but what would you prefer in terms of crafting? Can you give me a fully thought out crafting method right now that is balanced between work and payoff so it's actually worth training up and isn't too hard or too easy?

"As long as you spend the hours grinding the mats, you can level your crafting really easily!"

this isn't aion/wow there is no such thing as "ETERNAL" or "Legendary"

You get Superior / Rare / Uncommon

Crafting is only good if your crafting pots. Which I bet 90% of the people will probably do.

Quote: Alesiana on 04/26/2012, 04:48 PM - view

yeahhh.. me too.. and scrolls too :)

Have you tried leathercrafting during OBT?

Also, I remember seeing one of the little quick flash tips that noted "Mastercraft equipment can be enchanted +12" or something to that effect.

Quote: IdiotMD on 04/26/2012, 04:49 PM - view

but u spend a lot money for enchant

Quote: flatron18 on 04/26/2012, 04:49 PM - view
Considering that the later patterns are all boss drops I would expect crafting is going to require a lot of money as well. Plus if you look at the Crafting skills, a skill goes up to 410. There are five gathered levels if I the current design/mat pattern continues its going to take more than gathering after you get your skill up to 250.