Quote Originally Posted by rekijitsu View Post
I would also be okay with it if they found a way to make it fun, but this is Square Enix and Crafting in MMOs we're talking about. Even the best developers in the world haven't made Crafting an enjoyable experience, and really should be treated as something to do on the side, not a chore to keep it on par with your current War/Magic classes to keep the crafts relevant for your use.

At least in old school World of Warcraft, for example, you *could* reasonably keep your crafts up, and what you made *did* come in handy. Nowadays what you craft is useless in that game while leveling, but in FFXIV that is not the case. Since it isn't, I sure would like to be able to use what I'm crafting without spending 90% of my online game time crafting and only 10% doing what I like.
your enjoyment isnt the same thing others will enjoy
so your 90% crafting and 10% of what you like, could in many others eytes be 10% fighting and 90% what they like

there is a balance in there and alot of people dont realize that crafting isnt as hard as they make it out to be

the animations will probly be sped up more, but i very much doubt the entire process will ever be fully streamlined and "super easy mode" like some people expect it to be