Quote Originally Posted by garynash7070 View Post
Trust me, not everyone, as a matter of fact; percentage wise I would say maybe 5-10% could get to 75 in a week. The majority of people will not have the resources, i.e; greaters, lessers, and collectables to get to 75. I don't know what crafting level you are at, how often you play, or how many characters you have. That said, do you actually realize how many items have to be deconstructed, made into shards, then rinse and repeat to acquire enough resources? Not to mention, the time spent running quests to get said items etc.

I think that the resources required to get anywhere near mid 50's is ridiculously high as it stands now, not even mentioning 75. I am in the mid 50's on divine and arcane, and I can tell you that if I was to have vendored all the items I deconstructed it would have to be somewhere in the 1.4-2.0 Mil plat range. All the money that people gained via THE EVENT selling dowsing rods is mostly gone. I didn't sell many at all compared to most.

They need to lower the resources required just a bit to level. Yes, it should be semi-difficult and semi-expensive, but when is enough enough? I like the crafting system and I like that they are trying to evolve. They just need to iron some things out. Hopefully they will!
Probably too conservative on the plat required to level. My experience, which matches Shades, is that it took me 10mil plat to hit mid 40s and 15mil plat to hit lower 50s by deconstructing L4 and L5 items I bought from the AH on the cheap (yes I prudently shopped). To hit 75 will be a heck of a lot more plat as the XP curve is exponential and not linear (which is why 10mil plat got me to the mid 40s while 15 mil plat only got me to the lower 50s).