4.0 plans for crafting and market?

[DarkDedede]

Hi all,

I was just curious on if there was any information out there specifically referring to crafting and market improvements for Stormblood. Unless missed something substantial, I haven't really seen any.

I'm hoping we get some improvements to the Crafting Log, Marker Board and Retainer interface. Of course, I'm always hoping we get improvements to those sets of menus. Don't need a special expansion to improve those.

Anyways, if there is information out there, let me know. Otherwise, what crafting or market related areas are you hoping to be improved for 4.0?

[Sayboar]

It would be great if they added an option to set request offers for items - I saw it mentioned somewhere elsewhere, but basically a market that has both "sell offers" and "buy offers". Right now we only have sell offers - people put their items up for sale and list the price they want. If they added an option for retainers to request items at a certain price, that would be fantastic!

Don't mind waiting and potentially buying something for cheaper? Put up a buy offer for that glamour you want for what you're willing to pay, and some impatient to sell person will fill it!
Need to sell something quickly? Boom - sold in an instant to the person who wanted it!

Being able to buy portions of a stack of an item from someone would be great too. People could list 99 of an item like they do now (ie. raid food), and as a consumer you could just choose the quantity you wanted to buy from the stack. Would be a great addition in my opinion

[SmallHobbit]

It would be great

totally disagree! sounds like a horrible idea.
this will just makes mastercrafters just undercut more and more, sounds like a garage sale system.
this just means hardwork for less gils, if the customer can creat his own price.

anyway i read they want to extent inventory/armory space.
for my self i really would love to see that they change the stack limit from 99 to 999 this would be a huge help with the inventory space.

regards hobbit

[Voltron_HD]

99 to 999

regards hobbit

I would die of happiness

[Zojha]

If they added an option for retainers to request items at a certain price, that would be fantastic!

It would be fantastic for consumers, but sellers would protest hard - You'd be unable to just create a monopoly by buying up everything and re-selling it for example. People might no longer be willing to buy ridiculously overpriced goods if they can get served for less by someone who wants to get rid of the items quick, cutting into profit margins. Buying extra retainers for more market presence would be less of an advantage. Goodness, it would reveal a demand curve for goods and make markets more transparent!

The vision is downright apocalyptic. It's barely one step away from communism and enslaving crafters to work for crumbs somewhere in a dirty, lightless mine.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

A "buyer mode" for retainers, to be used instead of a seller mode (you have two retainers, put one in buyer and the other in seller, if you want! Lol) would be awesome.

I've wished for such a thing in the past ...

[Erudito]

I want them to make end game crafting more game friendly. Right now, if you were to go out and acquire all the materials needed for a craft without the use of the market board (which is more like highway robbery these days anyway) you would need a ridiculous amount of time for just one craft. Last time I tried this, it took me one hour for one craft and the items in question weren't that rare nor heavily restricted through timed nodes either.

Aside from that, buying from Market through retainers and crafting from retainers are pretty good ideas.

[Caimie_Tsukino]

change the stack limit from 99 to 999 this would be a huge help with the inventory space.

Thank God someone suggested this.

[Sayboar]

That 999 stack idea is amazing

[SmallHobbit]

I want them to make end game crafting more game friendly. Right now

crafting were never more friendly and easier like now
so to make it more easier it would mean delete all crafting skills and put one button which say crafting.
requested items are ridiculous easy to gathering or just bought from lore. please check some guides

regards hobbit