Quote Originally Posted by Seif View Post
I wonder why people are defending something that they willingly admit is boring as hell? The whole point of playing a game is to be entertained right? I have a full-time job already I don't need one in a game.

Even XI crafting is more fun because collecting materials requires research and a trip to a distant farming location that might be dangerous. Crafting requires the knowledge of elements, astrology and time of the week. In xiv however no thinking whatsoever is needed. The whole thing is disguised as a game that makes anyone "playing" it feel like a drooling retard.

Watching the clouds go by feels more interactive than what XIV calls gameplay.
you are smoking crack, ffxi crafting is not entertaining, and requires a trip to a distant AH. if you want to bring that up you can say that this game requires you to go mine in distant caves with agro monsters to get scale bugs, or kill hungry wolves to get buffalo skins. Knowledge of what element is what direction is not an entertaining facet of crafting, im sorry. Just by the definition of interaction, ffxiv is more interactive, more input of the user that has an effect on the outcome is interactivity, as far as planning, equipping the right gear, and skills to deal with whatever type of craft you are doing, and the results you are trying to get, is way more strategic/knowlege based than letting random do it for you.

You may like ffxi crafting system, but saying it requires more knowlege, is more interactive, or is more fun collecting materials is complete bullshit, and i think you know this.