As I hit level 21, I got this quest "life, materia and everything" which requires me to have a lvl19 crafting skill to proceed. I've never been a big fan of crafting in any game and was obliged to level up"weaver". I pretty much lost the majority of my interest to continue at this point, and when I finally got it to level 10 after two days, I was shocked to find that I needed a gathering skill to get cotten balls, which is needed for crafting. I was reluctant when I had to level up crafting and now I really really REALLY don't want to level up gathering. I'm so stuck and lost the urge to play. I hope the dev will remove this quest in the future.
good game, but can't proceed without leveling crafting :<
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11-22-2013, 03:51 PMAsurastrikegood game, but can't proceed without leveling crafting :<
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11-22-2013, 03:57 PMYoona
This is f'd beyond believe despite all else of garbage I've seen on this game since ARR.
This is the new generation of players. I can't be bothered to spend a few minutes of effort to find out/learn about anything. I can't request melds. I can't just buy materials. Nope, I can't do no nothing unless people hand it all to me. I got stuck at the very beginning of the game and I'm going to whine to the community about it. The devs need to change the game all for me.
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11-22-2013, 04:00 PMMhaericThere isn't a quest that requires a level 19 crafting class in order to progress the story. There is a quest about creating materia that requires a level 19 combat class. The materia attaching quest you are referring to that is located next to the one you need is entirely optional.Quote:
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11-22-2013, 04:01 PMKrazarian
You don't have to level any crafting to proceed in story or lvling in this game.
Only if want to meld materia you can do that quest, but if not you can have any crafter meld items for you. Probably won't want to do that till get to 50 and get lvl 70 gear crafted. -
11-22-2013, 04:21 PMAsurastrikeWhy so angry? After all the purpose of playing is to enjoy. Why do something that I simply don't enjoy? And I don't even have the right to rant? Are you the forum admin?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoona
I'm quite the opposite of "new generation". I played warcraft 3, starcraft and WoW competitively and professionally. I've been the most geared, rated and wealthiest player and now I just want to take a break from competitive and serious gaming. What's wrong with that? If you got bullied at school, I'm sorry but you should keep the anger to yourself. -
11-22-2013, 04:25 PMAsurastrikeHow? The quest has that story icon and appears mandatory?Quote:
Originally Posted by Krazarian
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11-22-2013, 04:26 PMEnkidoh
Aurastrike, don't let it get to you - sadly there's a lot of trolling on this forum which is better of just being ignored.
As for your original post, as has been said you don't actually need to level crafting classes to proceed in the game, that quest just requires you to learn about materia, but not actually meld any. I can't remember where the main story picks up from after that, but that quest is basically a whole heap of dialogue and some tutorial windows explaining about how to make materia. Once it's done that's it. The storyline continues with another quest, which doesn't require crafting to do. :) -
11-22-2013, 05:01 PMMhaeric
This is literally all you have to do:
-Talk to Minfilia and accept the quest.
-Head to The Bonefire, north of Black Brush Station in Central Thanalan.
-Trade Minfilia's Dagger to Mutamix Bubblypots. (Note: the goblin enhances the dagger for you during this step.)
-Travel back to The Waking Sands and hand the Materia-enhanced Dagger to Minfilia to complete the quest.
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Li...and_Everything -
11-22-2013, 05:02 PMAnova
The story should ask you to trade a key item dagger to Mutamix. After that, you return the materia-augmented dagger to the npc at Vesper Bay.
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11-22-2013, 05:10 PMReiterpallaschSo don't do it? As people have already pointed out, the quest you're trying to do has nothing to do with the main story line.Quote:
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And even if it was required...
Level 10 on any crafting profession takes no more than an hour at best, and maybe a few thousand gil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asurastrike
They're sold from the vendor at the weavers guild. The same vendor that the guildmaster tells you to talk to.Quote:
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11-22-2013, 05:15 PMReiterpallaschThe OP being one of them, though sadly I didn't realize this until after the fact and I made my last response.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enkidoh
What startling revelation did I come to in order to realize this? Well for starters they posted on an alt character that only has a single level 1 (so as not to give away who they really are):
They claim it took two days to get weaver to level 10 (it doesn't by a long shot)
They claim the quest has the main story icon (it doesn't).
They claim to need botanist for cotton balls (They're like 10g from a vendor)
They claim "I played warcraft 3, starcraft and WoW competitively and professionally", yet anyone like that would easily be smart enough to figure out how vendors and questing works.
It's a troll post through and through. -
11-22-2013, 05:22 PMAlise
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lol, as all answers over there, everything has solution that you couldn't see, but then you chose to just "make a thread for rant" instead of "making a thread ask for solution"
Want to do main story quest ?
>> never need crafter/gatherer to begin with, you can just trade material melded by key item. it written on your journey in english.
Want to get cotton ball ?
>> it is really cheap from NPC vender, cheaper than the worth of time for a gatherer to find it. As level 50 gatherer myself, I always purchase it from NPC too. -
11-22-2013, 06:09 PMAsurastrikeCrafting was dreadfully boring to me so I just didn't have the urge to play continuously. I logged in and out for the past 3 days since I got the quest.Quote:
They claim it took two days to get weaver to level 10 (it doesn't by a long shot)
it does. I just double checked again and it does have the story icon next to the quest name.Quote:
They claim the quest has the main story icon (it doesn't).
I wasn't able to find cotton balls from vendors, at least not from the tradecraft vendor in ul'dah. I didn't check the other cities but figured they would be more or less the same.Quote:
They claim to need botanist for cotton balls (They're like 10g from a vendor)
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11-22-2013, 06:09 PMAsurastrikewho said i didn't know how questing/vendors work? I just didn't realize that the dagger was ALREADY materia-enchanted. I thought the NPC wanted me to enchant first(requires lv19), and then hand it to him. I thought this because the NPC had the red incomplete mark on his head not the green one.Quote:
They claim "I played warcraft 3, starcraft and WoW competitively and professionally", yet anyone like that would easily be smart enough to figure out how vendors and questing works.
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11-22-2013, 06:13 PMDark_Legacy
yes, just trade in the dagger and take it back to minfila the rest is optional.
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11-22-2013, 06:16 PMAsurastrikeI will try that tomorrow. I still don't know why the NPC had the red mark on his head though.Quote:
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11-22-2013, 06:20 PMSyamicThat's probably because you have to have a level 19 crafter to get his quest to *Learn* how to meld item's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asurastrike
It has nothing to do with the quest your talking about.
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11-22-2013, 06:20 PMjabbywocksProbably because your level wasn't the right requirement to complete the next step. You might have needed to gain a level or two to move on. That's common.Quote:
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11-22-2013, 06:24 PMgadzi_h
Don't worry to much about crafting. I did the quest then finished the story before starting any crafts the only advantage to taking a crafting class to 20 is melding your own gear. Taking it to 30 is producing your own dye for modifying your clothing. If you took that long to level your crafting you might not know about "basic touch" adding to EXP gained from each craft. As quality goes up so does your EXP earned. Crafting is not for everyone and I understand if you don't want to level it, but as everyone has said you don't have to level them, but if you do I would recommend levelling your DoL with your DoH, it saves you a lot of gil.
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11-22-2013, 06:30 PMMhaericRight clicking on an NPC with a red mark will bring up the quest dialogue as normal, except it is greyed out and it lists what things you need to meet eligibility. It can be anything from your level, to missing the requested item.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asurastrike
Make sure it is not the quest Waking the Spirit from the NPC F'hobhas (http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Waking_the_Spirit) as that is the optional quest requiring a level 19 crafting job that you do not need to do. This quest is from a different NPC, although the goblin does suggest talking to them during the storyline quest. It is just that, however, a suggestion. Not a requirement. -
11-23-2013, 04:22 AMNaberrieIf it's red it means you don't meet the requirements. That specific quest is not story related. It does not have a story icon. You are mistaken. It requires a level 19 in any DoH that is not CUL, as CUL does not meld materia. It probably doesn't taste very good.Quote:
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11-23-2013, 04:31 PMMerryl
Totally optional quest and skipable...I did. ^^
Just keep up with the hunting logs and keep moving forward, you're half way there. -
11-24-2013, 02:49 PMDarexiusI played in the OGL and CPL w/ Counter Strike in the day. I rocked Battlenet pretty hard with Starcraft. I made money. Nothing to write home about, but... a few extra thousand a year at events.Quote:
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To this day I don't see how WoW can be a profession. At all. -
11-24-2013, 05:16 PMHiroradius
You don't need to craft to play the story, BUT, there are a few story quests that require a crafted item that they tell you to craft.. Just go to the bulletin boards to get it.
Also, fyi, all crafting classes can be leveled to 20 WITHOUT gathering. The mats can be found on vendors for next to nothing. Some are in the crafting vendor, some are in city vendors, some are in outpost vendors, but up to 20, all crafting mats can be bought from a vendor, after level 20, some still can be bought from a vendor some need to be gathered or farmed off mobs.
The only thing that will hold you back from doing the story are the mandatory dungeons and waiting in que for xx amount of time. Everything else can be done.