Quote Originally Posted by CookiesNCreams View Post
In FFXIV’s case, Prudent Touch, Preparatory Touch, and Delicate Synthesis....along with no hardcore challenges and rewards...is like telling your no life players to : “get lost, and go somewhere else. we only care for our casual players. you no life players can piss off” basically.
It's a simple matter of what gives the most bang for the buck.

One could make the argument that Savage, Ultimate, and Extremes aren't content consumed by everyone, but they are content that dips its fingers in to drive things in every area. It gives relevancy to gear and consumble crafting which in turn drives gathering, which generates maps, which garners glamour materials, which feeds back into crafting, etc etc.

Using your example specifically, I doubt those diamond guns provided any real advantage (AKA They're Glamours).

And frankly if you come from this angle, I have no truck against it. You want a fancy ass diamond studded saw with automatic teeth realiagnment that you have to grind out 20,000 HQ masterwork items for, by god, I'm all for it. You do you.

I personally wouldn't do it, but then, I'm not the hardcore crafter. And, as long as it's just exclusive glamours, I think you'll find a lot less resistance to this. Be them fancy achievement items, or absurdly numerical crafts, or somethin that you can't macro your way through.

The moment it becomes mechanical though, that's when the gloves come off.