So are Crafting + Gathering jobs now -just- "support" jobs?

[Nilheim]

I don't understand the players who thought they'd do endgame on Crafting and Gathering classes. They're supposed to be doing what their names implie. You craft because you want to craft, not because you want to fight epic battles. Fighing classes won't complain because they can't craft an item, so why could a Crafter complain when he can't fight a mob?

It would have been nice for Crafters and Gatherers to have their own path. What I mean by that is Crafting and Gathering oriented storylines that would be exclusive to them, just like Battle oriented storylines are for those who fight. While that would be awesome, it's impossible to see it happen in the current state of the game.

[Wynn]

I'm not sure any crafter or harvester player expected to do end game content. Not sure where some of the posters here are getting that from.

[zoozoo]

I don't understand the players who thought they'd do endgame on Crafting and Gathering classes. They're supposed to be doing what their names implie. You craft because you want to craft, not because you want to fight epic battles. Fighing classes won't complain because they can't craft an item, so why could a Crafter complain when he can't fight a mob?

It would have been nice for Crafters and Gatherers to have their own path. What I mean by that is Crafting and Gathering oriented storylines that would be exclusive to them, just like Battle oriented storylines are for those who fight. While that would be awesome, it's impossible to see it happen in the current state of the game.

Well, with the information before release, SE was making it sound like crafting classes were no longer going to be in the background/a hobby. Crafters would be able to participate in the main storyline missions, and i guess a lot of us expected that to be battle related content.

And the reason some crafters are complaining, is because SE said that some of the crafting classes would have abilities to debuff the mob, playing an active role in battle. However, there hasn't been a word on the subject. If they're not planning on doing it, they should at least take it down from the main ffxiv website.

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