Suggestion: Autosave crafting progress upon disconnection

So after losing some rather expensive materials during a craft when I encountered the dreaded 90k error today I got to thinking...

Wouldn't it be nice if the game would save your crafting progress if you got disconnected from the server for whatever reason? Currently if you're in the middle of crafting something and you get disconnected, say goodbye to those precious materials you were working on!

Autosaving the progress of a craft upon disconnection is a solution which would prevent abuse because disconnecting would not reset bad runs of luck made on a sub-par synthesis. It would also go a long way towards alleviating the paranoia of those crafters who don't have rock solid routers or internet service providers.

If players running dungeons get disconnected. They can just log back in and re-enter the dungeon and party where they left off. Crafters should get that opportunity too!

This is what the dev's have to say on this subject:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1367024

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Originally Posted by Camate

The development team understands it can be discouraging when materials are lost when disconnecting during crafting and they would like to do something about this.

If we were to implement an "resume crafting" feature after a disconnection occurs, there are a few things that must be taken into consideration. It is difficult to confirm whether or not the disconnection is due to a connection/technical issue or if it was done intentionally. There is also the possibility that this system could be exploited so we must be very careful during the planning phase.

While considering the above, the development team would like to look into this further, but they are not currently planning a resume after disconnect type of feature.

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Hmm... a shame, thanks for the info though!

EDIT: Apologies also for the duplicated thread theme!