Quote Originally Posted by Gilthas View Post
But that's just it, these mechanics that you defend are designed to punish and push away players that want to be self-sufficient. So it's ridiculous to both say that they're fine and to also tell people to level crafts. I and many others want to craft, what we don't want is a second job when we log-in.
As it stands right now, you can turn a profit simply buying mats off the MB and turning them into components needed that other crafters want. Or you know, put on a show and gather 500 mythrite sand, 100 mythril ore, and make an even bigger profit because you didn't need to buy anything. It takes me about 60-90 minutes to gather 500 sand, depending on how often gathering attempts +2 nodes spawn.

But if you don't want it to be a "second job" as you say, buy the sand, make the nuggets, sell the nuggets at a profit. And in the interim, look at that, you got exp on your gsm, arm, or bsm. Please stop complaining and use your head.