Square Enix, please think about both Casual AND Hardcore crafters..

[CookiesNCreams]

I disagree with the idea that (for crafting only) RNG never equals a challenge. Yes, it could. A good crafter, who understood how to use their abilities and how the entire system worked together, could either rise above bad RNG or use good RNG to their advantage. In HW I never used Rath's because it was a completely ridiculous rotation, I was willing to sacrifice some of the guarantee of getting HQ for the time I'd save, and there were multiple instances in my rotation where I had to know how my abilities worked together and what would be affected if I took a certain action (should I use Tricks here or a touch, how many Rapid Synths can I fail before I have to reclaim, etc). I understand it's frustrating to have RNG work against you, but I still rarely failed to get HQ and it felt great if I did manage to HQ something that was hard to get there.

Crafting does feel too easy right now and it felt too easy in Stormblood too. I'm holding out hope that they were serious when they said there would be challenges for the Ishgard restoration.

Yeah, SB added Prudent Touch, which completely changed crafting. As for Ishgard, they should not only give us challenges, but rewards that motivate people to keep grinding it.

Like superior crafter gear/tools. If it’s just glam and titles, that doesn’t motivate any sensible crafter to do Ishgard.

[Elamys]

Yeah, SB added Prudent Touch, which completely changed crafting. As for Ishgard, they should not only give us challenges, but rewards that motivate people to keep grinding it.

Like superior crafter gear/tools. If it’s just glam and titles, that doesn’t motivate any sensible crafter to do Ishgard.

I guess I'm an insensible crafter then, but I would definitely do Ishgard just for some cool glamour and titles, and I'd wager I'm far from the only one. People can be very vain in this game.

[CookiesNCreams]

I guess I'm an insensible crafter then, but I would definitely do Ishgard just for some cool glamour and titles, and I'd wager I'm far from the only one. People can be very vain in this game.

Oh, I didn’t mean to sound rude, I apologize. We all have our reasons, right? haha! I mean, if it’s glam that lets us have big booties like you bunny girls, it’s worth it lol. But it’s unlikely. Which is why I need to speak up about this ongoing issue.