Different approaches for different people! There are 'meta' sets for speed runs and such but screw those, i generally dislike when games worry about having 'Meta' builds because i think its more fun to do your own thing, play how you like and choose either on skills or just on looks, Fashion hunter World is just as fun as building for certain skills. You are right about there being no real 'best'. So I wouldn't bother with them and it gives away that you're cheating to everyone in game. There's no 'best' in this game, only what works for given situations. You'll know you've passed the right point when the armor and weapons appear properly in the smith preview window.ĮDIT: As an FYI, as someone who's stopped cheating for the most part and learnt the game mechanic's properly: Weapons and armor at the bottom of the list aren't the best.
The Empress weapons and armor don't work properly until you've progressed a certain way through the game's missions. I'm 'guessing' you haven't progressed through the main story past Xeno'Jiiva yet. For the love of lunastra someone help me! And when I do try to craft, the screen goes black. So, now the items wont appear/preview at the smithy when i highlight it (even the basic armor/weapons). All i used was have 999 of materials and some of the Safe codes.