gathering in nature

[Kiara]

Hmmm, considering the fan negativity regarding the perception that "we'll look into it" is a non-answer, I would suggest the following:

For the next Q&A, just let the devs pick and choose 4-5 questions themselves that they think are good questions. Questions that they know they can give a good answer to, accompanied with lots of details and discussion in how the devs approach their design decisions.


Right now, we have a large quantity of dev feedback, but arguably low quality.

I think the fanbase would be happier if you instead had a low quantity of dev feedback, but that each answer is long and substantial.

Hi Renta,

I think even if the devs only chose 4 - 5 questions, we'd still get limited answers.

I'd rather have our questions be acknowledged, even with a seemingly cursory response like how most of them were answered. At least all of our Questions were *read* by someone on the Development Team and they had to think of some response for it.

What may be a "we'll consider it" response, may prove to inspire them when Gathering does become a priority. They may forget where the idea came from, but if later down the line, the Design Team starts addressing Gathering, and one of our ideas (that they read from this Q&A) helps them make improvements to DoL, then it's a win, I think.

If it was due to the Developers running out of time (because there were too many questions and they got impatient), then sure, fewer questions. But I'm getting the feeling it's because they're all focused on Core Combat / Raid Dungeons / Grand Companies right now.

[Cichy]

I wish SE would start charging for the game so that some of these trolls who have no intention of ever playing would finally disappear.

All the kidding and negativity aside I'm very sad that Yoshi threw out the idea of gathering/crafting classes being equally represented. I thought it was one of the things that were going to set FFXIV aside of others. In the ideal world battle system would've worked and people who find the disciples of land/hand boring would've went and smacked mobs while other who like this type of stuff could have enjoyed it. However, because of the way events unfolded all the trolls who dint want to craft or gather in first place got their whining through to the dev team and I'm afraid the system will be destroyed. It sounds like crafting and gathering will be pretty much as useless as in FFXI so good bye uniqueness.

[Xenor]

Go play Minecraft if all you want to do is gather and craft. This is a Final Fantasy game and FF games have always had an engaging story with challenging content. This game has neither because of the poor decision to treat gatherers and crafters as equals. I'm sure this alone resulted in many people quitting.

I find it funny you're pushing what you are when your highest craft is 34, highest gather is 19 and you've got a 50 battle class. This game needs big changes if it's to survive and this is one of them that is badly needed. Being unique (no it's not Minecraft exists) is cool, but not when it's unique by sucking.

[Yumi_Hibiki]

I wish SE would start charging for the game so that some of these trolls who have no intention of ever playing would finally disappear.

i feel your pain, its really an eyesore

[Kiote]

Go play Minecraft if all you want to do is gather and craft. This is a Final Fantasy game and FF games have always had an engaging story with challenging content. This game has neither because of the poor decision to treat gatherers and crafters as equals. I'm sure this alone resulted in many people quitting.

I find it funny you're pushing what you are when your highest craft is 34, highest gather is 19 and you've got a 50 battle class. This game needs big changes if it's to survive and this is one of them that is badly needed. Being unique (no it's not Minecraft exists) is cool, but not when it's unique by sucking.

Dude go troll somewhere else. People dont have to obsess over gathering to care about its role in the game. Final Fantasy isnt about Difficult battles. In fact most FF games have very few difficult battles. Final Fantasy is about Character development. And people who want to have well rounded characters deserve benefits for doing so. Crafters and gatherers deserve a significant role in this game. The only mistake SE made with regards to content was trying to give all the play styles the same content. The only way to fix this game as far as Balance and Challenges is to give each play style its own content rather than half ass a diplomacy system. It definitely wont help to cater to lazy bias people like you.

[Cichy]

Dude go troll somewhere else. People dont have to obsess over gathering to care about its role in the game. Final Fantasy isnt about Difficult battles. In fact most FF games have very few difficult battles. Final Fantasy is about Character development. And people who want to have well rounded characters deserve benefits for doing so. Crafters and gatherers deserve a significant role in this game. The only mistake SE made with regards to content was trying to give all the play styles the same content. The only way to fix this game as far as Balance and Challenges is to give each play style its own content rather than half ass a diplomacy system. It definitely wont help to cater to lazy bias people like you.

Exactly, there are plenty of people who play/played this game because of crafting and gathering. I know many people who did nothing else but that.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

I'm sure someone else has already said this but some of the answers were "We are looking into it.", that could mean they're already working on that feature or working on developing it.

[Black_Rose]

well my question sadly didn't get picked but alot of others were.
happy to see another Q&A even tho most questions are still unanswered, but atleast the dev team now knows about our concerns with some aspects of gathering.
hopefully they'll not just look into it, but also change most of those accordingly ^^.

[Iron]

After a fisherman pulls in a fish, he performs a motion of shaking the rod again, so I feel very uneasy whenever I finish fishing. Is there any possibility of fixing this?

.... What??

[Radaghast]

Exactly, there are plenty of people who play/played this game because of crafting and gathering. I know many people who did nothing else but that.

What else is there? Nothing to do but level.