Does Anyone Think Crafting is Too Slow?

[Physic]

Crafting wasn't more difficult. If anything, it was easier, but with slower SP gain. You're confusing "more difficult" with "slower".

Back then, all you had to do was spam "rapid synthesis". The mechanic was exactly the same boring system we have now. The only thing that's changed is that we now spam "normal" instead of "rapid". There was no risk with spamming rapid, either.

The only way crafting was "more difficult" back then was because SP gain was not as high as it is now, and you needed more SP to gain a rank. The menu system was also still screwed up and with many redundant steps so that it took much longer to complete a synth back then than it does now. Also, item stacks were less back then as well, an the UI lag was much worse.

That doesn't change the fact that at its core, the crafting system has always been "press 'enter' a bajillion times until you get to rank 50".



Also, some people just genuinely don't like the current crafting.

rapid was pretty easy, but standard as it is now is even easier. Most peoples success rates actually went up drastically with the standard changes.

But this is not really what im getting at.

let me be clear, i would love a more entertaining crafting system

But i think many people just want it to be simple and easy, they are willing to invest time, while they watch movies, or talk on the phone, they will resist any changes that make it more complex. just like some people want the battle system to be less intensive, because its just a means to an ends.

also some people like the system.
I bring this up, because before you can get the developers to think about a new crafting system, there has to be an overwelming demand for it, and you have to come up with something that people who like the old crafting system like better, and somehow diminish the voices of people who want it to be even simpler.

So yeah, its gonna come down to an idea that a lot of people really love, and would want, i have pondered this issue, and i havent come up with a good solution, maybe you can