[Suggestion] Craftsmanship vs. Magic Craftsmanship Clues

It's been clearly established that Craftsmanship and Magic Craftsmanship are profoundly different - wearing full craftsmanship gear and attempting a magic-based synthesis will make it extremely difficult.

As far as I know, the only way to tell which craft is which requirement is to gear yourself up different and try the same synth enough times to get a good sample of progress to durability reduction rates.

I think it would benefit the players greatly to have some small indicator which type of craft you're working with - be it a sound clue (such as a distinctive explosion on failed attempts that works as a clue you're doing it wrong) or a visual clue (Perhaps the stable color of a Craftsmanship synthesis would be white, and the stable color of a magic green). Just some indicator would be greatly appreciated.

NOTE: As always, apologies if there is a mechanic in place for this aside from rigorously studying the numerical values in different gear; correct my oversignt if this is the case.

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...stats-required

Sound clues would make me sad, since I play with sound off. But I'm all for visual clues!

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Originally Posted by Deltara

Sound clues would make me sad, since I play with sound off. But I'm all for visual clues!

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Same here, but I'm sure the database sites would get on board eventually. . . Either way, it would be nice to know.

A simple message indicating your ____ may be too low to succeed at the synth would be helpful if the devs are still unwilling to provide the information straight up with either a lodestone entry or a small visual icon on the item. Then testing becomes pretty easy. Craftsmanship and mcraft are still hard to test because their influence over success is dominated by level. I still honestly can't say if unjewelled rings are mcraft or craft after thousands of them. Doesn't seem to matter to me.

I would like a color clue also. Maybe even tell us in the description.

http://forums.yg.com/showthread.php?t=1258

YG has a discussion about this, too. I wish you people would do some more research and then post all your findings on forums for me!

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I personally would love either a visual difference of the two or like a "Cra" and "M. Cra" or similar designation on the recipe itself.