A word to lvl 60 crafters who don't quite understand crafting yet

[Caimie_Tsukino]

After being away for about a year, I came back to check things out. Then I saw these:
scrub crafter needs help pls
"Sorry I dont mean to be rude but I asked if anyone knew of any crafting rotations not a calculator for me to figure it out on my own. Like I said im a scrub I got my crafts to 60 through leves Ixal, and Moogle beast tribes i barely know anything, and yes ive tried asking ppl in my fc but ppl are always busy."
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...needs-help-pls

Please help need macro for leves for Lvl 50-60
"Can somebody please give me macros for lvl 50to 60 for leves i really need one for crafting or can somebody plz redirect me to somebody who has macro for lvlv 50 to 60"
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-for-Lvl-50-60

So I thought to myself... Really? Is this what the crafting community is becoming? All the new comers are sitting at level 60, but they don't even know how to craft? Well, we can't blame them alone as Moogle and Ixali Beast Quests really kind of "killed" their process of learning. Perhaps it's time to refresh everyone's mind here, especially for those who got all-60 crafter classes but not knowing what the buttons do yet...

Crafting is a bit different from battle classes... e.g. if you somehow acquired a lvl 60 Summoner class, you can just copy a maximized DPS rotation from the web, and then practice it a million times and be good. End-game crafting doesn't work that way!

If you really just want macros, here you go and be my guest. These are all my macros:
http://ffxivrealm.com/threads/caimie...lection.16147/
If you have the stats, sure, you can macro most things.

But if you really wanna learn how to craft, you might wanna check this out:
http://ffxivrealm.com/threads/advice...he-spot.15347/

If you need help with understanding how to utilize each skill in a rotation, you can check out Chapter 10 of my very old guide back in 2015 in ARR:
http://ffxivrealm.com/xz-articles/ff...ie-tsukino.39/
Read Chapter 11 and 12 as well to learn how to create your own rotations and utilize conditions.

Perhaps you may want to slowly learn what each button does first, formulate some combos, and eventually develop your own rotation. Also, please learn how to utilize the Good and Excellent conditions. Learn how to bait them as well. These are all the things that are actually FUN at end-game crafting. What's the point of being a Summoner, if you can just press a single button and get the job done? Similarly, the fun of crafting doesn't come from copying macros. It comes from understanding everything inside-out, and then formulate your own rotations and create your own macros. Sure, at first, you may need to copy how others do things first, and that is OK. But eventually, if you cease to digest the stuff and incorporate them into your own, then you actually know nothing about crafting. Rath's rotation is top-notch. But honestly, you cannot handle everything just by copying Rath's rotation. You have digest it, and make it your own in order to work.

As a side note to the community, don't be shy to share your rotations if someone specifically ask for your rotation. New comers do need "blue prints" to learn from. Calculators are very awesome. But for someone who absolutely doesn't know anything about crafting, calculators are not very helpful to them. I think an actual sample rotation (not necessarily customized to his/her stats) would help them learn how to form "combos". Just need to remind them that their stats may not fit to use your rotation, that's all.

I am lurking around lately, and will likely be fully back to the game in May or June. See you around!

Best regards,
Caimie