Quote Originally Posted by origamikitsune View Post
At this point, would you mind adding batch crafting / mass production? You might as well.
If SE is going to go this far, they may as well simply delete all crafting classes, and replace them with an NPC "a la Diablo III". By eliminating any depth to the crafting system, they simply remove all of the interesting parts of crafting to crafters. What remains is a soulless grind that exists only for combat classes to make themselves gear. I believe that nearly every crafter that crafts because they enjoy crafting will stop playing as a result of these changes.

All that will be left are those players who craft for the sake of getting gear. And their next complaint will be that the crafting system isn't fun : because it won't be.

This proposed change does nothing to enhance the gameplay for crafters, in the sense of making crafting more fun. Instead, it is designed to enhance gameplay for fighters/sorcerers, by giving them easier access to crafted gear. It retains all of the boring old aspects of grinding up crafting ranks, and replaces any depth that existed with an extremely shallow recipe system.