So Specialist Recipees are in the game.

Greedy players win again.

Another loss for players that enjoy being self-sufficient.

Self sufficiency is its own can of worms in an MMO.

Were you expecting them not to add specialist recipes?
This is fine. It's an MMO, use words to ask for help from your fellow gamers.


And yes
this is coming from someone who doesn't particularly like socializing. I'm not crazy enough to ask for an MMO to become a single-player game though.

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Originally Posted by Gilthas

Greedy players win again.

Another loss for players that enjoy being self-sufficient.

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Greedy players win? Aren't the greedy ones the ones who want to do everything without relying on others? Personally I think those who want that option and be "self-sufficient" are greedy because they want to be able to monopolize on everything rather than accept that at some point they may need help from others.

They already said it was coming ages ago. They want to eliminate omicrafting if at all possible. I get that. Its an MMO. Socialize, help each other, depend on each other. I get that's not ideal for everyone.. but this doesn't upset me either.

Like AskaRay said... ask for help from fellow gamers. We have FCs, Friendlists and Linkshells for a reason right?

I'm glad we're finally getting them.

It makes little sense to allow players to master any and every combat class but be unable to do the same with crafting classes.

How much would you like this game if you had to pick a combat class to specialize in, never having full access to the rest? Being able to do everything with a single character is a major selling point of FFXIV. Not any longer, I guess.

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How much would you like this game if you had to pick a combat class to specialize in, never having full access to the rest? Being able to do everything with a single character is a major selling point of FFXIV.

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I'd call it "every other MMO available".

I still see nothing wrong with it. Sorry omni crafters can't have a strangehold on the market? Oh no, they'll have to buy things from other people and use all that gil that they have....

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Originally Posted by Gyson

It makes little sense to allow players to master any and every combat class but be unable to do the same with crafting classes.

How much would you like this game if you had to pick a combat class to specialize in, never having full access to the rest? Being able to do everything with a single character is a major selling point of FFXIV. Not any longer, I guess.

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That sorta happens already anyway if you're a raider. You can at best gear up two jobs. Any more than that, and you're likely to end up too weak to handle the checks.

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Originally Posted by Gyson

It makes little sense to allow players to master any and every combat class but be unable to do the same with crafting classes.

How much would you like this game if you had to pick a combat class to specialize in, never having full access to the rest? Being able to do everything with a single character is a major selling point of FFXIV. Not any longer, I guess.

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I can agree that it is inconsistent with their game design. You can master every combat class, every gathering class, but suddenly you can't do that with crafting? Doesn't make much sense. Crafting is niche enough in this game already, I really don't think they need to make niches for the niches. Niche-ception?