Lift signle guild contract limitations?

[HopefulNAPlayer]

Hi SE,
It was mentioned in a previous post by either Grekumah or Camate, that SE would consider allowing crafting restrictions to be eased, such that one character could level more than craft to 110 (aside from Fishing).

There has been no mention of this since. Has this changed?

Thank you!

[Afin]

iirc they did say in a previous post they were looking at making changes so that all crafts could go to 110

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ing-caps/page2

[Gwydion]

iirc they did say in a previous post they were looking at making changes so that all crafts could go to 110

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ing-caps/page2

That's the post I had trouble finding. Thank you for sharing it again.

[HopefulNAPlayer]

That's the post I had trouble finding. Thank you for sharing it again.

iirc they did say in a previous post they were looking at making changes so that all crafts could go to 110

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ing-caps/page2

Yes, thank you. I couldn't find this and would have included in my original post.

[Grekumah]

There are no plans to allow characters to reach the maximum skill level for every type of craft.

The reason for this decision falls on two key points:

• There are a large amount of players that use multiple characters that each have different synthesis masteries, and the impact on these players would be very large.
  
• There would be a large amount of text and other aspects that would need to be revamped to adjust for the removal of skill caps.

While the first reason is an important decision making factor, it's the second reason that is the larger of the two.

[Jile]

Respectfully, this is how I read that response.

• 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.

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.

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.

[VoiceMemo]

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.

[BobbinT]

Although we don’t have any specific time frame in place, we’re currently looking into a system where players can max out all of their gathering and crafting skills.

There are no plans to allow characters to reach the maximum skill level for every type of craft.

The reason for this decision falls on two key points:

• There are a large amount of players that use multiple characters that each have different synthesis masteries, and the impact on these players would be very large.
  
• There would be a large amount of text and other aspects that would need to be revamped to adjust for the removal of skill caps.

While the first reason is an important decision making factor, it's the second reason that is the larger of the two.

Both replies kinda contradict each other. I'm confused... :?

[Alhanelem]

The first reason only exists because of the limits in the first place though

While from an economic health standpoint I thin it's good that not everyone can master every craft, the fact that it's easily circumvented with additional characters or accounts makes those limits less effective.

Naturally, as Grekumah said, the technical aspects would make it hard to change now, SE should have seen this coming when those systems were designed.

So, my feelings about it are kinda mixed. ON the one hand, I think the current system is good for the economy (or rather, was when the economy was stronger), on the other hand, at the current time, most of the crafting in the game is done by the hardest core players that have multiple characters for crafting. SE doesn't want to punish these players, and I can understand that.

I'm not sure if I"m making sense or not. Lol.

[Angemon]

So why say anything in the first place and get our hopes up? Of course they don't wanna punish these players, they love their extra dollars a month lol. At least remove the contract thing so we can get GP for any guild.