FFXIV Crafting Simulator

[Morari]

At this point FFXIV Crafter and the FFXIV Crafting Optimizer are functionally identical, but I love using them both. Good work!

[xPeAcEx]

I didn't think you had any. Thanks for confirming!

It's called google, stop being lazy. Cookies are benign in nature but can be used to collect demographic data and invade your privacy I always love explaining things to kids who don't know anything.

[govtcheeze]

Again, thanks for confirming you cannot cite a source for your false assertion.

1) Cookies are a nono, most people disable them just goes against good coding practice these days.

Cookies are benign in nature but can be used to collect demographic data and invade your privacy

But keep backpedaling, Homie! You are very close to stepping into the actual correct answer.



To the OP, the site is nice but I do agree with xPee that the ads are overwhelming. If people like it they will find the donate button. The banners are completely unnecessary and make it looks like you wanted to monetize any site and FF crafting was your best idea rather than building a useful site that may monetize itself from people's love and adoration.

[StouterTaru]

It's called google, stop being lazy. Cookies are benign in nature but can be used to collect demographic data and invade your privacy I always love explaining things to kids who don't know anything.

LMAO, best irony ever. Cookies can be used to invade your privacy, go use GOOGLE, because they in no way collect info on your browsing habits.

[xPeAcEx]

LMAO, best irony ever. Cookies can be used to invade your privacy, go use GOOGLE, because they in no way collect info on your browsing habits.

firefox + adblock plus + adblock plus pop-up add on + no script.

in any case, the point i was making it that most people that i know clear their cookies the moment the session is over. So it would be better to keep track of stats in a different manner than cookies.

[Rainsphere]

To the OP, the site is nice but I do agree with xPee that the ads are overwhelming. If people like it they will find the donate button. The banners are completely unnecessary and make it looks like you wanted to monetize any site and FF crafting was your best idea rather than building a useful site that may monetize itself from people's love and adoration.

A very fair point. As such, all ads on the site have been removed.

[xPeAcEx]

SniP

I am not going to argue semantics with you. In a way you promoted a crafting simulator yet nowhere did you say that it doesn't work for 3 or 4 star crafts. I just think credit should be given where it is due. You did credit reddit but not the actual post on reddit, good chance you could get in trouble if you credited ffxiv.lokyst.net so perhaps create a thread and ask for screenshots and make your own algorithms, i and others wouldn't mind helping

1. Exactly the point i was getting at, personally i would have avoided cookies and have had them create accounts while storing the data. In my own case, all my cookies are cleared at the end of a session so none of that data is saved so the option to have an account would be valued.

[xPeAcEx]

2. In most web design choices the update section is small section or a tab interested users can navigate to. Personally i wouldn't have that as the main page but if you were really intent on it perhaps do something similar to the page where you select the crafters. Have the user select "General Info", "Updates", "Donate", "Simulator", or "Recipe List". At least to the general user, they are coming to your site to use the simulator and i feel that the main page should reflect that. Also doesn't hurt to have a how to use guide somewhere.

4. I haven't given the functionality too much of a test since the thing i really cared about (3 and 4 star recipe's) didn't work. The design and UI of the simulator is just as important as the functionality of it, i'm not saying this to offend you, just giving constructive criticism.

[xPeAcEx]

5. and 6. were addressed and i don't mind one or the other but i wouldn't use both, just a personal choice. I don't mind seeing ads but as i and others said, it felt overwhelming so perhaps you can scale down without eliminating them entirely. Try reaching a goal to keep the site running for a year like mozilla or wikipedia do, if you reach that goal through donations then the ads disappear for that year. Give people an idea of where you are in your funding goals for the site.

Keep up the good work!

[Archadius]

If nothing else, this is an excellent tool to find out before you perform a synth, exactly how many progress actions (and which) you will need to reach the finish. Without it, your very first synth of an item could be a case of trial and error, which means big money if it's your first time performing an endgame craft synth that comes out NQ because of a silly mistake.

Been only using this for a month or so now, but am so glad I started, it's great! Thanks, and keep it up OP! ^_^