[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.