Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
then there is indeed an enjoyable aspect to crafting that you're not admitting to.
If you consider that to be an espect of crafting, then maybe that's it, but I don't, because I am talking the exact process of crafting, the exact process of knowing which buttons to pick from, personally, I don't find joy in that, it's predictable and dull, but I do find joy in finishing my own crafts, which I don't consider the same as enjoying crafting, macros allow you to skip the process of crafting, while keeping all other benefits of crafting, which I enjoy.

I also crafted every single one of my Indagator pieces myself, I got Perfectionist gear as a stepping stone by using my Custom Deliveries to get Purple Scrips, set up timers to gather every item, every last item got myself, I also did not do a single manual craft in the entire process, because I was doing that at level 70-ish for other things, and it was miserable, I would be substantially happier if crafting in XIV was like in other games where you just hit a button and it goes off on its own, but I still feel accomplished by going through the process of managing my items and gathering my resources, but going through a repeated, dull minigame over and over to get my things? nah I will do without.