Crafting and Gathering need a QoL change asap.

[Vitallian]

SO all crafters are at 51. I'm about to give up this crap. It's so infuriating in this game to have to sit there and gather all of these things that you need. I don't mean running and gathering them either. CRAFTING in this game has officially got me at my limit of giving a damn about it. Mats locked behind timed nodes or "hidden", things being too expensive all the time, this is actual stupidity. Leveling any of this stuff takes ages and the FACT that you need to use something from basically every other damn class to make one thing is absolutely obnoxious.

I expect to take a lot of flak for this and I don't care. There's no point in lvling a crafter if it doesn't feel fun or rewarding and right now it absolutely doesn't. I've crafted in every game i've played MMO wise and no other game makes me want to jam a lego through my cerebral cortex more than this one.

[Liam_Harper]

There's no point in lvling a crafter if it doesn't feel fun or rewarding.

Fair enough.

So why are you leveling a crafter?

[Vitallian]

Fair enough.

So why are you leveling a crafter?

Because I wanted to make my own gear. But after getting to 51 and seeing the way everything is done...it's not fun nor is it worth it. Someone wants to craft? Fine go for it, craft your brains out, but the way it is set up now? Nah, it needs changed. I always wondered why not a lot of people did this and I understand it now. It's so drawn out and blatantly annoying that no one in their right mind would dare attempt it.

[Vanitas]

Crafting is fine. It just requires this neat trick you might not know called E F F O R T. Give it a shot!

[Hasrat]

Crafting your own gear after about level 45ish is kinda pointless anyway. Get your Augmented Ironworks at 50, run Aery/Vault a couple times for enough upgrades to hold you til 60 when you can get Augmented Shire. Etc.

All my crafters have really been doing since 50 is making more crafter/gatherer gear to keep the cycle going. It's basically a side game all its own at this point. Unless you're trying to stay cutting edge current on stuff where maybe it's useful for a little while? Or you just gotta make your own glams.

[DumdogsWorld]

I actually like the fact that crafting is gated behind a time-consuming and sometimes-frustrating leveling and gearing process. It means that not just anybody can be a max leveled omnicrafter. It's not difficult to become one, but every person who fits in the category has something in common - they're willing to grind.

[savageink]

I only work on my crafting when I remember I haven't done the Moogle and Namazu Beast tribe quests yet. I suppose i"ll have to get to it if I want any Doman or Ishgard stuff too.

I do kind of enjoy Netflix and fishing...

[Sanctify]

Gotta agree with OP, and I'm an omni crafter lol. The fact that they carried over XI's stupid NQ/HQ system topped with there being actual rotations involved is dumb AF. Yeah you can make macros and what not, but why does it need to be that way. Why cant it be put X materials into window, hit button, and out pops a crafted item like idk every other game lol? Crafting doesnt need to be some endgame, complicated shit where you have to look up rotational guides to be good at it. It needs to be more accessible lol.

[Theodric]

There's a Live Letter on Friday that will be detailing crafting/gathering content.

I think there's a lot of room for Quality of Life changes.

[savageink]

Gotta agree with OP, and I'm an omni crafter lol. The fact that they carried over XI's stupid NQ/HQ system topped with there being actual rotations involved is dumb AF. Yeah you can make macros and what not, but why does it need to be that way. Why cant it be put X materials into window, hit button, and out pops a crafted item like idk every other game lol? Crafting doesnt need to be some endgame, complicated shit where you have to look up rotational guides to be good at it. It needs to be more accessible lol.

The fact that crafting is a game, is actually one of it's selling points compared to other games. No, really...I've seen it in reviews.