Workshops - getting 4 people in there to progress a tier is getting tedious

[Zhexos]

Greetings,

Thanks for all the feedback!

As we've been receiving lots of comments in regards to the number of players that are required for company crafting, the dev. team is currently considering making adjustments to where some of these company crafted items can be handled on your own.

[Xerius]

Greetings,

Thanks for all the feedback!

As we've been receiving lots of comments in regards to the number of players that are required for company crafting, the dev. team is currently considering making adjustments to where some of these company crafted items can be handled on your own.

Any chance of getting them in Private Estates as well?

[Victoria_Silverdawn]

Any chance of getting them in Private Estates as well?

I dont think it should be added to Private estates... theres no FC content as it is... at least the FC crafting station made a reason to be in a FC, I know there will be people who dont want to be in a FC... but then they dont need the crafting station, since it was created for airships originally to get certain mats and Diadem, and they made a way for ppl without a FC to do Diadem ... but thats my 2 cents.

[Kurogaea]

Greetings,

Thanks for all the feedback!

As we've been receiving lots of comments in regards to the number of players that are required for company crafting, the dev. team is currently considering making adjustments to where some of these company crafted items can be handled on your own.

Are they also considering the level requirements for some item placements too? Like my lvl 56 blacksmith (or 57 cant remember) can't place in adamantite nuggets on a project because it's level 58, but I can make it. It's rather annoying.

[SnugglesD]

I'd be in support of removing the requirement for beginning phases, but I kind of like it for the final step. It helps create camaraderie within an FC. Having to do it for so many steps can be annoying, but the idea of requiring a party isn't a bad one.

[Jennika]

When I first heard about FC crafting I thought it would be like Synergy in FFXI or at least something that required all players in the party to participate. Having a level 1 crafter afk in your party doesn't really build camaraderie imo.

[Alice_89th]

Greetings,

Thanks for all the feedback!

As we've been receiving lots of comments in regards to the number of players that are required for company crafting, the dev. team is currently considering making adjustments to where some of these company crafted items can be handled on your own.

I'd be in support of removing the requirement for beginning phases, but I kind of like it for the final step. It helps create camaraderie within an FC. Having to do it for so many steps can be annoying, but the idea of requiring a party isn't a bad one.

I'd love to see them removed for the Aetherial Wheels. I can easily craft those on my own, but need 3 others to finish it.

[Kaiser-Ace]

I've personally seen no practicality in the group requirement and have personally seen on more than one occasion where it made the issue worse.

My FC has multiple crafters but only one has the ability to master craft. So here we are sitting around while he does all the work. But unless at least three others are on he can't even work on the projects.

The requirement would probably be better if abolished entirely. It severs no purpose other than to be an unnecessary hindrance. And we already have enough of those with specialist crafting. Halone Forbid should a component one day need MULTIPLE Specialist items.

[HakuroDK]

I mean, I don't care about needing a light party of crafters for airship parts and housing, but aetherial wheels should be solo-craftable for sure. I've been trying to get my own FC reliant on wheels rather than buying company actions outright for a while now. But it's not easy when I need a light party of crafters to craft this stuff on a regular basis.

[Aoxaviar]

I am the Master of an FC on the Exodus server, and sadly, also the only active player of a current group of 4 players active in a standard patch cycle.

It is nice to see that the Dev Team is really considering this since I have been arguing this point since the beginning. However, since then, I will also say that it does deal some other points:

1. I will totally agree that items (aetherial wheels and crystals) should be solo craftable after something like a single airship section is created by an FC. There are plenty of reasons (as HakuroDK points out) that having this as solo content, but gated behind an simple first build of something else, is very advantageous to an FC. A single FC crafter/gather or two FC members could make an FC completely self reliant on actions, which would allow for more FC credits to be used for airship and other things down the road. SE is getting their credit payment anyway, so throw a bone to the FCs for a freebie.

2. I also totally agree with SnugglesD about changing the majors (airship, housing, and futures) to a team final, or base it on item requirement, need 5 mats, have to have a team to progress type of thing. 3 mats, solo progression, or something like that.

3. Even though I complained since the beginning about the team aspect of the FC crafting, I have been fortunate and truly blessed by the Fury that other players answer the call well when my FC has needed additional help to progress. However, I also know not every FC or even every server has this much help either. To those who trial, I am sorry for lack of aid available.

4. Kurogaea made a great point that I also have not been happy with, mainly since I was not one of the genuine with regards to the huge grind that was the 2.x crafting progression, I am paying for it now. The level requirements in some ways really are a joke. Mainly due to the fact that sometimes, you will see something that is a lvl 20 craftable, but the workshop wants you to be lvl 42 to be able to add it to the mats que. I would personally like to see it change to more of a flatline of levels 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60. The oddities really make it a royal pain. Also, keep the items within their actual level requirement. the odd balls that are low level but high level add requirement has never made sense to me. I get the exp for making it, but my FC mate who is level gets the exp for adding it, serious kill joy.

Love it or Hate it, lets hear it!