Quote Originally Posted by Dreadnought View Post
what are the players that dont want to deal with crafters for every single thing supposed to do? we want gear but dont want to spend another entire day looknig for a crafter you can trust to make it and then paying them to do so on top of it.

the best solution is to have both options. bosses should drop mats for certain gear and other actual gear already made.
i thought it was already said that crafters/fielders were going to be de-emphasized in comparison to Tanakas idea.
I agree with what you're saying at the bottom. Wasn't it said that all the best gear would be crafted? I'm not against chests and mobs dropping gear, but they should always drop craft-items like cloth, thread, scales or ores that can be made to enhance or create better gear.

Having all good gear Mob drop gear is a cop-out and is only catering to those who have been asking from day one to have it now now now.

Lately all these patches have been marginalizing crafters to the point where they deserve to lash out at least a little bit. Why buy gear when you can get decent gear from NM's? It's crap. Sure crafting can be fun but there are folks who do it to make gil, and to create armour for their friends. But when they can get it for free what's the use of leveling it?