[3.0] Craftsmanship and Control bonus parameters will be added to Souls of the Crafte

[Nezerius]

I enjoy being completely self-sufficient as well. I would also enjoy it if black mages were made invincible. What players enjoy is not always the same as what's good for the game.

Your comparison is very silly.

A crafter being self-sufficient was a possibility throughout 2.x and 3.0, before the introduction of specialist recipes.
This was a period of over two years, and crafting was just fine in those two years.

Black mages, on the other hand, have never been invincible for more than 2 melee hits, every 2 minutes.

SE has made the decision to keep their MMO an MMO and not a single player game. Even with crafting people need to climb out of their shell and work with others.

Then they should've had a specialist system right from the release of 2.0, and not have a two year period where people could be self-sufficient, when enough effort was put into crafting.

What you see as a problem in needing to rely on others, I see as a reason for my friend to finally level crafting, and us to be able to support each other. Before, there was no reason, for I could make it all.

I have plenty of friends, none of them are all that interested in 2-star crafting. Should I be forcing them into crafting, just so I could be "supported" by another crafter? Surely that doesn't sound like an enjoyable experience for the one being forced into crafting.

[MomomiMomi]

I have plenty of friends, none of them are all that interested in 2-star crafting. Should I be forcing them into crafting, just so I could be "supported" by another crafter? Surely that doesn't sound like an enjoyable experience for the one being forced into crafting.

Find new friends that are.

Otherwise, go to the market board. Why are people so afraid to spend their gil? It's been pretty pointless to make gil up until now. Spend it!

[Nezerius]

Find new friends that are.

Otherwise, go to the market board. Why are people so afraid to spend their gil? It's been pretty pointless to make gil up until now. Spend it!

Thanks for the chuckle, but I'll stick to enjoying the game with my current friends, the ones that I've known for years.

And this might be shocking to you, but I'm a crafter because I enjoy crafting things, not because of the gil that comes with it. Spending gil on crafted items kinda defeats the point for me, as I'd rather be crafting it myself. (Which is why I have 3 characters to cover all specialists, it's just a hassle to move items between characters)

[MomomiMomi]

Thanks for the chuckle, but I'll stick to enjoying the game with my current friends, the ones that I've known for years.

And this might be shocking to you, but I'm a crafter because I enjoy crafting things, not because of the gil that comes with it. Spending gil on crafted items kinda defeats the point for me, as I'd rather be crafting it myself. (Which is why I have 3 characters to cover all specialists, it's just a hassle to move items between characters)

Then I see this has created no issue for you. Ask them to remove that dumb limitation of not being able to mail things to your alts.

I also enjoy crafting things. Thing is, it's gotten boring when I can make everything myself. Sometimes it's nice to receive instead of giving all the time.

[Nezerius]

Then I see this has created no issue for you. Ask them to remove that dumb limitation of not being able to mail things to your alts.

I also enjoy crafting things. Thing is, it's gotten boring when I can make everything myself. Sometimes it's nice to receive instead of giving all the time.

Or they could just remove the dumb limitation of 3 specializations. For example, by spending red scrips to unlock additional specializations, or some other thing that'll require effort on a player's part to unlock more specializations.