Possibly Largest Problem Facing The Game (Crafting)

[Veltaine]

They also had strings of quests that you could do in order to learn specific recipes. Such as a going to different towns to learn to make different parts of a ship, so that you could eventually build your own. They also tied in the other crafting classes as well, seeing as you needed to be a carpenter in order to build the majority of the ship, but you needed metal parts from blacksmiths, or needed a weaver to make the sails.

In general, I think they either just need to simplify crafting a lot more, or go all out with it and make it far more engaging. As it is right now, it's just slow and monotonous just for the sake of being slow and monotonous.

it is slow and monotonous right now, cuz the world is still being built..

there is still a lot to be put into the game.. and as of right now. this game is supposed to be a casual stride through the game while everyone gets their feet wet..
as for having different crafts for stuff.. a lot of items in this game require multiple crafts.. and im learning as the higher i get into the crafts, the more i focus on just 3 instead of all of em.. why should i make iron rivets when i got a friend doing blacksmith to do it for me?

simple crafting was left behind in XI.. although this process is slow and arduous.. its crafting.. crafting no matter what isnt necessarily engaging or fun, but productive and pays off in the long run.

[edgar131]

simple crafting was left behind in XI.. although this process is slow and arduous.. its crafting.. crafting no matter what isnt necessarily engaging or fun, but productive and pays off in the long run.

If this were any other MMO I would probably agree with you, but in this game they have made crafting their own classes. Since they are their own classes on the same status in the game world as DoW/DoM then they should be balanced as such.

[Martyr]

If this were any other MMO I would probably agree with you, but in this game they have made crafting their own classes. Since they are their own classes on the same status in the game world as DoW/DoM then they should be balanced as such.

This is really the only reason that I brought up Vanguard. They went the route of having crafters be their own class as well, and I think they pulled it off quite nicely.

Not to say they need to make it exactly the same, but something needs to be done about it. Preferably before I run out of movies to watch while clicking 'standard.'