As a high Veteran Goldsmither, I can tell you that we make these at cost or less to lvl our goldsmithing, these are not a money maker. If you want to calculate cost, figure out how much 1 fire crystal, 1 earth crystal, 1 wind crystal, 2 Orichalcum Ingots, and 1 elemental ore costs. You will soon see that the price of these are driven by the costs of the orichalcum (miners/ect) and elemental ores (gardeners/ect).
its an ideal piece of equipment and although i would not mind having one or two, however, i feel at the level required to equip it, there are better choices i can make over this for the same amount of gil spent.
"Thunders are not the new snipers since it is only 2 handers that can use it (they get 5 acc from dex no one else) and dex does not give ranged acc, sorry to get technical but thats the way it is."
In a shorter version of this retort: "I can't recognize a joke"