whats the point of crafting...

[FyeyaHerald]

I personally just want to see some sort of crafting mastery system implemented that forces players to, for the highest tier of crafts, only be able to do one profession.

Because currently, on my server, the players who have all crafting professions maxed have absolutely invalidated the markets and competition. There needs to be some forced interaction between crafters to make the community and markets actually function.

[Klutz64]

I personally just want to see some sort of crafting mastery system implemented that forces players to, for the highest tier of crafts, only be able to do one profession.

Because currently, on my server, the players who have all crafting professions maxed have absolutely invalidated the markets and competition. There needs to be some forced interaction between crafters to make the community and markets actually function.

I can't like this post enough. It's cool that folks can get all crafting classes way up there if they want to put in the effort, but I think there should be some kind of specialization system that promotes trading and competition.

[Starplayer]

I personally just want to see some sort of crafting mastery system implemented that forces players to, for the highest tier of crafts, only be able to do one profession.

Because currently, on my server, the players who have all crafting professions maxed have absolutely invalidated the markets and competition. There needs to be some forced interaction between crafters to make the community and markets actually function.

I really like this idea. It's the best of both worlds - it falls in line with the 'be everything' mantra of the armory system while at the same time giving crafters the uniqueness that they so desire. I'm tired of the same person in our FC being asked to do anything related to craft because he has EVERYTHING leveled. I feel anonymous in my craft, even in my FC because I only have 2 crafts maxed out.

[Ranzan]

I personally just want to see some sort of crafting mastery system implemented that forces players to, for the highest tier of crafts, only be able to do one profession.

Because currently, on my server, the players who have all crafting professions maxed have absolutely invalidated the markets and competition. There needs to be some forced interaction between crafters to make the community and markets actually function.

I have to disagree because it would defeat the whole "you can be anything" mantra this game is going for. Plus whats wrong with being self sufficient?

[Arale]

I have to disagree because it would defeat the whole "you can be anything" mantra this game is going for. Plus whats wrong with being self sufficient?

I think a middle man would be that you can craft up to 2 stars with any craft, but you can only specialize in 1 to make 3 stars or 4 stars, basically higher and more complicated recipes for that craft.