An Analysis Of The Crafting Endgame

[Caimie_Tsukino]

It amuses me how many of us end-game crafters have ranted about this. I think at this point, both we and SE know very well what the problems are and how to resolve them. The only remaining question is, will they address these problems in 3.1 effectively?

3.1 is like their last chance to mend this mess. If they do it right, the crafting game is saved. If they don't... it's hard to say how many of us would quit. Oh, and when we quit, we don't just quit crafting, we just unsubcribe and play something else. If they wanna take their time to fix the mess, it's fine, we will take our time too... without paying. We're still crafting fans. We can always come back later after they fixed it.

[Alahra]

3.1 is like their last chance to mend this mess. If they do it right, the crafting game is saved.

A lot's riding on 3.1, and it's not just crafting. Part of me is afraid that they will have focused so much on improving the overall amount of meaningful content and problems with endgame in general that they won't do what's necessary to help with crafting. They've already demonstrated somewhat clearly that crafting is second-fiddle, if you ask me, and I'm running out of faith in them.

My subscription is paid for another six months so I'll be around at least in some fashion regardless, but I'm definitely playing far less than I ever have.

[doctapeppa]

It amuses me how many of us end-game crafters have ranted about this. I think at this point, both we and SE know very well what the problems are and how to resolve them. The only remaining question is, will they address these problems in 3.1 effectively?

3.1 is like their last chance to mend this mess. If they do it right, the crafting game is saved. If they don't... it's hard to say how many if us would quit. Oh, and when we quit, we don't just quit crafting, we just unsubcribe and play something else. If they wanna take their time to fix the mess, it's fine, we will take our time too... without paying. We can always come back later after they fixed it.

Almost all the other serious crafters in my FC quit over a month ago. From what I've seen and heard around my server, we aren't the only FC losing crafters left and right... It will take a monumental amount of stubbornness and/or ignorance on SE's part to not have some major changes in the works for 3.1. The sad part is, however, I can already see them throwing that "sky pirate" glamour gear at us and calling it good enough... I guess we'll see.