I can already craft orange lightsabers. my point is that there is nothing unique to other crafting professions like there is to bichem. I have to have 380 biochem to be able to use a reusable stim or medpac however the best an artificer can craft is a rakata relic... or level 48 enhancements which can be outdone by pulling out the enhancements from pvp or columni or rakata gear. make something useful to the endgame of armortechs, synthweavers, etc I and others will wait till 1.2 but I am not going to hold my breath or subscription for that matter

So far, I have heard that biochem is being nerfed, I see reusable Stim and Med pack buffs and temp buffs on the GTM all the time, but alas I cannot use them. Nerfing reusable stims and medpacks is useless. In my opinion keep them there they are fine, Buff the others! Artificing is completely useless! ooo I can make color crystals, enhancements, relics and offhands...that are out done by rakata or PvP gear. Same for armortech, synthweaving etc. So Buff them. I make a color crystal, make it have an additional effect! +33 endurance with chance to heal on successful hit! I make a wieldable item make it so it has an activate option? Same for synthweaving or any of the others make them have an endgame usable feature that is only for those that have maxed their skill can use Reusable stims, medpack and temp buffs are the only endgame items that you cannot get outside of making them, thus they have viability

I didnt play ff14 But I agree with the author, This update released 1 new flash point. If you want to compete against Blizzard, you have to think outside of the box. Set up factions, Allow empire and republic to kill both sides in open world PvP, World Bosses, FIX THE GALACTIC MARKET. Different Warzones. This all should have been forseen, players would skyrocket to 50, and wheres their not so much endgame but continued interest? Daily quests? 5 or 6 flash points? PvP with AFK'ers? The Ilum change was nice, but start adding content faster to keep everyone interested