I don't mind the grind...

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Originally Posted by Zorafin

I think I discovered that I could, instead of grinding a single relic, play and beat a bunch of different games. I don't mind pouring time into something, sure. But my time is still valuable. I could be pouring it into better things.

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I kind of feel this way about the game in general since the wait for 3.1. Crafting is tedious and unrewarding, there aren't many options for side content, and the current main content is either one-and-done like Void Ark and tomestone gathering or it's a horrendous grind like anima weapons, and either way it's all going to be pointless the next patch.

So I could log in and waste hours crafting a single item, or I could sit here grinding for an anima quest all day every day, OR I could use the same time to finish a single-player RPG in a week.

It's not that the game is bad, it's just that there are a hundred other games I could finish in the same amount of time.

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Originally Posted by hobostew

I'm sure this will be more common than people realize.
RMT are going to be jumping for joy that's for sure.

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It's already begun. The Gil Sellers are back in full force on Adamantoise, and their posts don't contain the crazy nonsense we're used to seeing (shattered English interlaced with random numbers and letters). They are written like real sales pitches. According to an FC friend of mine, one of the messages he saw was far more personal, something along the lines of "Visit this site if you want Gil ;) ".

Granted, FFXIV follows a very strict pattern with all of its content, so it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that there's a huge Gil sink somewhere. The sellers obviously knew it, and they're taking full advantage of it. I can't really say anything about broken economies anymore since ours is pretty good, but my sincerest apologies to all you on smaller servers with bad economies.

You will need gilseller or you can give up...
Friends who have maxed their crafters are giving up because ohhh shit, its the wrong one for their Relict-Job and even then they need gatherer maxed too!
Just look what happened on patchday with AH pricing...

I don't mind it being crafted, but for fuck's sake get rid of specialist restrictions on the recipes.