I was originally a disciple of war, mainly as damage dealer but the length of waiting for duty finder made me change to playing a tanker instead. After rushing through dungeons and story quests to level 40, I felt like something was missing. Then suddenly I realized that I could do this: play a damage dealer class (an archer), queue him up for dungeons, then switch to a disciple of hand/land class. It was an amazing experience.
From my FC chat, I see that the market is very inefficient, i.e. players selling items much higher than their values. Therefore, I decided to get all materials myself. Materials originally only came from gathering classes & guild supplier, but then more materials required from other working classes showed up. Eventually, I'm going towards training for all "careers". Being self-sufficient is amazing, I can make things that I want, repair whatever that break. As an archer, I go out hunt for skins, meats, horns, and other materials from wild animals like a true hunter. For every new skill (cross-class skill) that I learn, every new crafting gear to equip, a new strategy comes up that make my crafting better and better across all careers.
9 crafting jobs to do, a lot of experience to learn but that allows my archer, with its long waiting time for duty, to catch up. I have to say that this is a much better way to experience the game than follow the story. The story is short and simple. However, this world, though seemly small, contains indescribable amount of wonders. Enjoying the game this way, I can care less if everyone in the world is running around in relic gears.
Crafting & gathering feel so good! :D
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09-12-2013, 09:23 AMReinjiMDCrafting & gathering feel so good! :D
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09-12-2013, 09:33 AMVyniea
Crafting is really good in this game. I love how you can actually be good at crafting and it's not only a matter of level/gear/time.
Trying to get a good combo of X-Skills to make your crafting efficient feels really good. And I love how there are many viable styles. -
09-12-2013, 09:52 AMHealBus
Crafting I can understand...but gathering?
Now I have done some stupid and grindy stuff in my life before (The Insane *Shudder*) but gathering in this game is just... -
09-12-2013, 10:03 AMProbably_NiceI feel the same way. While I appreciate not having to be a high level killer of some sort to be able to go pick flowers, I don't like not being able to perform both tasks alongside each other without serious downtime and inefficiency due to gear swapping cool downs. I've crafted quite a bit, but aside from fishing I just can't bring myself to go gathering. That feeling of getting home from work and asking myself "what do I want to do for fun for a couple hours now that the kids are asleep?" only to consider how much a gathering session feels like going back to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by HealBus
That being said, that's just how I feel about it. OP, if you dig gathering, I truly envy you. Go have fun and get paid :) -
09-12-2013, 10:03 AMReinjiMDIf you only gather for 1 crafting job, it feels insanely long. However, if you're gathering for all jobs, it's not too bad :PQuote:
Originally Posted by HealBus
Also I'm not getting paid by other players, I get paid by NPC via doing Leves and Supplying & Provisioning missions for Grand Companies. It's also a good thing that I'm creating more Gil into the economy. Moreover, it's also very fun when I need to constantly think of a better way to get HQ materials (crafted materials) and HQ final items which result in triple profit (and EXP) from Leves.