Quote Originally Posted by Nandrolone View Post
I like your toy tools, with sound effects idea! But, if it’s just glamour, with no advantageous stats, it’s not really optimal for a crafter to use. If it’s a cosmetic that requires months of grinding, I can support it 100%. Otherwise, it’s just a useless cosmetic anyone can get in my opinion. A reward like that should be a “you want it? put in the work first.” type of deal.

Also, that’s how crafting originally was, and that was the intention behind it. To literally earn gil, and work hard for everything to reach the top. Somewhere around 4.0, that mindset completed vanished, and now everything is mindless/too easy, and everyone has a “me too” mindset. Like Liam Harper said in his earlier posts, when you give everyone a slice of that pie, things tank in prices and in general personal value. That has to change, and that is something a lot of us don’t want anymore, and are sick of. See my post on Page 1.
I did read your post/posts and I generally agree with everything you say except the "I wanna make gil" points. I get that it used to be about making gil but I don't feel like that's a healthy way to design a class in a MMO.

I HOPE it takes months of grinding/work to get anything we're suggesting here. I don't want people running around with it day 0 because people figured out the macro and stats needed for them. That's exactly why I don't want these rewards to be on the MB because I feel it cheapens them. Anyone can make/buy gil but not everyone can have the patience/get lucky enough to craft their own.

I know from other threads you probably don't consider me a "hardcore" crafter but ever since I was able to level all of my crafting classes to 80, thanks to the Firmament, I've been mostly playing the game as a crafter and being able to show that the gear I'm wearing was made by, and gathered by me is really special.