The Myth of Mining

[Godofgods]

heh, ctown got his own thread made about him now lol. His point in The myth of mining is very true from that point of view.

If i spend 10k on picks and 4 hours mining, and i get say 15k worth of usable mets (off the wall numbers, not accurate) Technicly yes you will have made out without loseing any overall money.

However you could have used that 4h to do something more productive, and bring in 200k instead. Use that money to get your mets, and your left with a ton left over.

Same amount of time on each scenerio, but one yeilds a lot better results.

[Godofgods]

As it stands, crafting is a waste of time.

The best gear all comes from Abyssea and gil is worthless. Short of wanting to sign stuff or make consumables, crafting really has no use in a world where everything drops completed from NMs.

To tell someone to start a craft would be to knowingly set them up for a huge timesink with no real reward.

This game has always changed. Look how it was when it was first released to how it was a few years ago, to how it is now. It changes, and will continue to change. So one day in the future when crafting becomes better again, those that used this time to skill up, will be happy they did. Where as ppl with such a narrow view like you, will be left out.