Quote Originally Posted by Sairys View Post
It's not really arbitrary though, four is the minimum number of people you need for fc stuff.
Gardening = 1 person
Aether Wheel Stand = 1 person
Remodeling = 1 person
Diadem = 2 people to enter, and I believe the 2nd person can leave after you get there.
FC Crafting = Arbitrary 4 person minimum to progress. (And as stated, the other 3 people don't need to do a thing.) It is quite literally a 1 person activity, with an arbitrary added 3 to sit in the workshop.

Yes, you can pay people to sit there. Yes, you can "get more members." But all of that is beside the point that it's just an arbitrary slot filling mechanic. Not to mention a waste of 3 other peoples' time. It means nothing at all in regards to it being a FC activity.

And the shell FC argument is nonsense. Those people can just as easily pay 3 other random people to sit in their workshops. (In fact, they can just have the other people running their scheme sit in there.) Nothing is preventing that now.