An Analysis Of The Crafting Endgame

[Alahra]

1b. Let's be honest, a weekly cap is torture to Crafters

You know, ultimately, I don't so much mind the weekly cap as I mind that it makes it harder to catch up. In ARR there were periods where I didn't craft much (especially as Relic stages were released), but I could always sit down and work on tokens for awhile to catch up. With the Red Scrip system in place, there's not really a good way to catch up if you miss a week for some reason or another, and I miss the flexibility of being able to not worry about crafting sometimes. The combat classes have always had this issue of course, but now that there are two (and potentially three, for gatherers, too) such structures, my playtime feel dictated rather than decided based on my mood.

[Sollux]

You know, ultimately, I don't so much mind the weekly cap as I mind that it makes it harder to catch up.... such structures makes my playtime feel dictated rather than decided based on my mood.

I completely agree with this, although my mood ALWAYS demands Crafting so I fell behind in Eso myself. I got my first Eso item 2 weeks ago (MNK fists) because I had other priorities, but I was and still am happy with what I chose to focus on ^-^

[Alahra]

I completely agree with this, although my mood ALWAYS demands Crafting so I fell behind in Eso myself. I got my first Eso item 2 weeks ago (MNK fists) because I had other priorities, but I was and still am happy with what I chose to focus on ^-^

I'm too...I don't know the word for it...to ever miss capping one week. I have to do both or I feel like I've messed up. I enjoyed crafting as a wonderful diversion from weekly caps, Relic grinds, and so on, and I certainly spent a lot of time on it in ARR. But now that I have to every week, it loses some of that...relaxing factor for me.