o.O Overkill on the crafting Dumb down?

[Aeyis]

I don't think it's "Dumbing it down", I just think they're removing a lot of the bloat.

As it was, we just had way too many items to lug around. It was more of a pain than "realism" was worth. Even with a retainer, 200 slots just wasn't enough with the diversity of the items. As the game grows, we were looking at a chaotic situation where there would simply be too much bloat as time went on. Simplifying != dumbing down.

I think the choice of wording is honestly trying to instigate a "QQ CATERING TO CASUALS" vibe. IMO, crafting was plenty difficult as it was when you compared it to how quickly you can burn through DoW and DoMs. It's balance and simplicity honestly.

I think a lot of people are honestly just bumhurt that they did DoHs while it was "hard". I honestly don't think it's getting any easier (in fact, some may argue without parts it will be harder to level unless they buff SP), it's just getting way less *annoying*.

I dunno what game you are playing, are you sure its FFXIV?
As a crafter i stop using a recipe to skill on if the sp drops to 450. I also dont waste time running around to camp thousand miles and camp oz but instead i just stay in one spot to increase my ranks.
Dunno where you get the idea that DoM/DoW is considerably faster to rank. oO


Also what bloat, im doing all crafts apart from cooking(done that in other games), and alchemy (which i have on hold).
That kind of makes me a dedicated crafter so its natural my inventory is full, are you one too?

Sooooo any chance you (as well as others) could stop all the casual nonesense?
So its great that you dont have much time to play, but guess what theres plenty of ''casuals'' who did enjoy the complexity of the crafting system (such as myself).


But hey, to use your own arguments against you:
As a casual and a main, dedicated crafter i consider the changes dumbing down rather then a removing of bloating of my inventory space.
Given that most of my inventory space is filled up with items such as nuggets (will be replaced by ingots after patch), cloth and leather i dont see it noticably increasing my available space.

I also dont forsee crafting being made easier. Easier to understand for anyone who cannot be bothered to enjoy the classes called crafters, certainly.
Now i do forsee it being made more expensive, while still requiring materials from other classes as was required before.


So, you plan on ranking up crafts after the patch?
Me, ill be sure to use the old recipes to save myself a fortune, and make raw materials into high selling 1st tier refined materials to make a fortune.


tl;dr :
No crafting isnt more enjoyable and/or easier after the patch.
Atleast not for the current none dedicated crafters.

But i'll be sure to enjoy selling ingots made out of nuggets made out of ore, instead of your more expensive ingots made out of ore.