Is Final Fantasy XIV the champion of immersion? Or is it easily usurped?

[weeble]

even though it maybe for space too, i think the bigger reason not talked about on why our crafting is getting dumb down is this, if it stays the same, but ..our mele classes and content is getting dumbed down and made to be exes-able for everyone, then crafters will still be able to charge a good penny but mele won't be able to make any gils to buy stuff. heck i think leather is only class where mele can grind mobs to sell for grind items in this game if not mistaken.

[Konachibi]

even though it maybe for space too, i think the bigger reason not talked about on why our crafting is getting dumb down is this, if it stays the same, but ..our mele classes and content is getting dumbed down and made to be exes-able for everyone, then crafters will still be able to charge a good penny but mele won't be able to make any gils to buy stuff. heck i think leather is only class where mele can grind mobs to sell for grind items in this game if not mistaken.

I kill my own mobs to craft for leatherworking.

Roselings give good SP, are easy to kill, and drop Dodoskin and Growth Formula Alpha, benefits both my crafting and my battle classes, and I can kill loads in a short amount of time because they don't have that much health, rarely move, and their attack speed is ridiculously slow, usually they die after only taking one shot at me. In the same area as those I can harvest Willow logs to turn into willow chips to use with Dodoskin to make Dodo Leather. Quarry points in the area can also give Midnight Black Scale Bugs which I can turn into Dodo Leather dye.

Before I craft something, I plan the entire process out including the materials I need to gather to do it, if I want to use the things I'm making as a way to grind SP in that craft, I check for places where I can get these things in abundance.

As it is, all Leatherworking, Blacksmithing, Armoursmithing, Goldsmithing and Carpentry needs can be found in Western La Noscea to go from rank 1-20, if you just have the patience to do it.

You could say I'm quite thoroughly immersed in the crafting aspect of this game, as well as exploring enough of it's landscape to gather to materials for those crafts.

Am I doing it right?