Is it me or is the Crafting market going to die?

[Gemina]

The crafting market was always accessible. No one was being stopped from entering it if they wanted to be part of it.

People didn't do it because they didn't want to go to the effort, not because it wasn't accessible.

That's their problem, not the problem of those who were willing to go to the effort and profit it from it.

It's never a good thing to cater to the people who want more for doing less. I'm not one that argues for exclusivity but I do believe that reward should be commensurate with effort, and that those putting in the most effort should be rewarded more than those who put in minimal effort.

Right now crafting is drifting more and more toward giving max reward to those who put in minimal effort. That is not healthy in any situation.

Then people need to stop using 'accessibility' in their arguments. I in turn, will stop using it against them.

Effort is an interesting take, because I can understand this angle when something players worked hard for is matched or invalidated quickly after its inception. Kind of like the current i490 tome weapon when the Resistance Weapon quest came very shortly after. But this expansion, the same amount of effort is required from everyone. Some might have an easier time getting to max level if they are behind, but if we want to look at just endgame crafting, everyone started at square A.

Also last I checked, it isn't the players unwilling to go through long grinds that are complaining about the status quo; quite the opposite. They're the ones with the problem. There's an air of smugness and disdain from these players towards newer players. Kind of like when you bring home a second cat. It's almost like you welcome that cobweb of ridiculousness that was the previous crafting system in order to keep the casuals at bay. Because it was such a convoluted mess that most just didn't care to deal.

Right now, crafting is geared towards giving the same rewards for players putting in the same effort. I have absolutely no clue where this min/max is even coming from.