Why punish players who just want to play DoL DoH?

[DarkStar]

Everyone here has already noted that this game isn't targeted towards people who want to exclusively do only non-combat stuff, so I'm not gonna touch on that. Instead, I'll share a funny idea I had for if the game did enable people to Craft/Gather their way through the MSQ: rather than fighting Gaius in a Victor-Take-All battle between him and his Ultima Weapon versus you and seven total strangers (or any combination of total strangers and friends), you battle him in a three-stage COOKING COMPETITION!

The first stage is him with his lieutenants, then the second phase has Ultima Weapon join in, using the powers of its captured Primals to vastly speed up the cooking for the other side, then you'd use the Blessing of Light to strip the Primals and make the competiton more even, and then it all ends with Ultima Weapon unlocking its full power and using lasers and magitek bits and stuff to replace the defeated chefs.

Then Lahabrea comes in, makes a short speech, and gets smacked in the face with your Aether-infused skillet.

[brighnasa]

rather than fighting Gaius in a Victor-Take-All battle between him and his Ultima Weapon versus you and seven total strangers (or any combination of total strangers and friends), you battle him in a three-stage COOKING COMPETITION!

The first stage is him with his lieutenants, then the second phase has Ultima Weapon join in, using the powers of its captured Primals to vastly speed up the cooking for the other side, then you'd use the Blessing of Light to strip the Primals and make the competiton more even, and then it all ends with Ultima Weapon unlocking its full power and using lasers and magitek bits and stuff to replace the defeated chefs.

Then Lahabrea comes in, makes a short speech, and gets smacked in the face with your Aether-infused skillet.

Best thing ever.