Quote Originally Posted by Avraym View Post
Please, describe in lengthy detail what you enjoy about it.

I'm genuinely curious as to the mindset of someone who thought the current minigame was "enjoyable".
Hello.

You didn't ask the question to me, but I'd like to answer with my point of view. ...Actually, I already did it on the first page, here, where I briefly explained why I enjoy crafting.
It's not a lenghty explanation, but it should be enough to describe my reasons.

Quote Originally Posted by Onizuka View Post
I go against the tide by saying that after 15 months in Eorzea I still enjoy crafting and gathering as they're now.
For crafting, it's not simply “Hitting Enter”, for me (yeah, I know that's the tendency...). I never do “craft grinding” or else I'd probably get bored, too; I take my Local Levequests at the Adventurers' Guild and then go somewhere, varying the place where I craft, be it the clearing outside the Drowning Wench, the Milvaneth Sacrarium or Arrzaneth Ossuary, a cliff with a good view... It depends on the day. For instance, now I'm in the Sil'dih Aqueducts, I did some fishing before and now I feel like crafting those fares.
And I relax in doing it, I think if I've to hit “Wait” or use one of the 4 abilities I've equipped (I use only 4). Now that I'm level 48, it's much easier than in the past, so I don't think or “Wait” so often anymore, but I always enjoyed that part and doing one local leve still takes me a good 10 minutes.

Overall, I think crafting should remain for those dedicated adventurers who would like to put commitment in these Classes, to create their own equipment.
Unfortunately, I'm well aware that the majority of adventurers doesn't like crafting, and that's OK. What I never understood is how they could still do it if they don't like it. In Eorzea I always suggest doing only things that we like to do... Why we shouldn't??
I, for one, find crafting and gathering relaxing. It really depends on the reasons why one is in Eorzea and what he or she is looking for.

To answer Coglin: yeah, I know personally some adventurers who enjoy gathering, too (and crafting), but I'm aware that we're a minority. At least, in Eorzea every time I asked to other adventurers it seemed like they were doing something they didn't like (and that's their choice).
Even worse for crafting, where I still see Disciples of the Hand that... yeah, just press Enter. Be the orb red or be it multicolor... Enter. Not only they didn't enjoy crafting, but, even worse, they did something they considered boring, something they didn't want to do. /sigh

The only thing that I didn't like was the randomness of the HQ results, but I analyzed that thoroughly and Yoshida-san took care of it (in 1.21).

Whatever changes to the system will arrive in 2.0, I'll be sure to tell the dev team, when the time comes, that I enjoyed crafting from the beginning. In early levels it required to think rather than just “pressing Enter”, and when I slowly grew as a craftsman and could create my own equipment, I had my satisfactions.