This is pretty disappointing. I've already got 2 crafting mules and was holding off on doing more while waiting for the cap to be lifted. I'd rather the cap be lifted and eat the cost of having leveled those crafting mules. Please reconsider.
It really wouldn't punish existing players with alt crafts. I have everything but bone done, which I am starting work on now because I've put it off for years, and I'm not overly against the idea when it comes to others. Either you are a crafter, or you are not. I am not threatened by the occasional player who caps their crafts but doesn't have any alts to carry product or materials. In the end it's a change that means very little because a select few people will take advantage of it because they can. Let's face it: our crafted gear economy has been dead since Adoulin/ilevel from XIV reared it's ugly head. They swore up and down that they are two separate dev houses but it's clear that XIV elements and ideas were shoehorned into XI. Right now it means very little whether people can cap crafts on one character or not. The only reason I am against it is because I am well aware of what happens to a game economy when you permit people to cap all of their crafts, particularly when it's easy. But we've always been able to bypass the limits on alts. It's the overall cost that's kept the economy in check.
XI crafting has never been easy on players(though it's certainly gotten far cheaper), and we aren't exactly surrounded by 500,000 others anymore. But I don't think it's worth discussing any further. They don't want to do the work, and in any case it's a pretty meaningless effort to make when so few people will use it. *shrug* maybe some of you other master crafters can stomach taking up all crafts but one on your mains just so you can say you did it, but once to 100+ per char is enough for me. Ten years ago it would be incredible, but not anymore.
There's also the danger of a select few high end items today that would become trivial profit if people were allowed to cap all crafts, such as blurred weapons. Though, those were screwed the moment the dark matter tied to aeonic weapon or something logic kicked in. Saw that coming.
Last edited by Vold; 12-19-2015 at 12:45 PM.
Regular "John" Doe - Not on the Community Team
I believe the system they talk about is making several crafting mules!!! Gotta get that extra dollar or 2 per player
Respectfully, this is how I read that response.
I shouldn't need to maintain several mule accounts for crafting - but I do... and this inaction ensures that I keep them active. So while it may make sound business sense, it annoys me because you continue to get money for mules I'd otherwise have canceled if I could cap all the crafts on my main. This inaction isn't for our benefit regardless of your politically correct wording.
- We would lose too much money from people canceling their crafting mules.
- It would cost us money to edit some code and that compounds the first concern.
This should be re-considered. If you need more money to motivate you then make a new crafting talisman item that I can BUY for $9.99 and the 'gift' I get is to max all crafting on 1 character on my Content ID.
I've been holding out for leveling crafting on my mules because of the post back in July that said they were looking at ways to level them all on 1 char. I'd still keep all my mules because I use them all for storage of crafting materials, just it would be easier to go from 70 to 110 vs 0-110. So please reconsider SE, from a monetary standpoint, would be better for microtransactions to buy Rainbow Mog pells or another type of pell that lets us redeem for certain items. I know I would love to get at least 3 more rainbow mog pells to get some of the items I've missed.
So you would rather spend tons and tons of money on tons of characters to level all crafts? Boy, I'd hate to receive your huge very expensive monthly bill every month toughening it even more of my hard to earn money finances and must not be the type to care about going into debt all that much? I don't know about you but I'd rather put the cash to more beneficial real-life stuff then dropping it into a disappearing animation games scenarios to get further and in a way, its sort of like that pay to win scenarios peeps chat about and it's not exactly but kind of close to it, I guess.
I guess I sound upset but oh well for now and just letting you know I'm not upset but the thought of spending more of my hard to earn cash on something like that I think is ridiculous myself. :-D
In my own opinion, young/very young adults to teens aren't as money-conscious as more mature adults would be, it's what I think here.
Anyways, now let us get back to playing that game!! ;-)
Side note or Edit: Besides if you do pay that dollar for another character, you still have to take the time to still level a craft to 110 on that new character and myself I'd rather save on the dollar to do the same on just one character, LOL!!
Anyways really love it to be all crafts being maxed out only on 1 character and if it has to be more than one then 2 characters at the most as the max limit!!
Last edited by YosemiteYogorockBlondelle; 01-18-2020 at 08:16 AM.
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Is there any chance this can be revisited?
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