good game, but can't proceed without leveling crafting :<

[Naberrie]

I will try that tomorrow. I still don't know why the NPC had the red mark on his head though.

If it's red it means you don't meet the requirements. That specific quest is not story related. It does not have a story icon. You are mistaken. It requires a level 19 in any DoH that is not CUL, as CUL does not meld materia. It probably doesn't taste very good.

[Merryl]

Totally optional quest and skipable...I did. ^^
Just keep up with the hunting logs and keep moving forward, you're half way there.

[Darexius]

I played warcraft 3, starcraft and WoW competitively and professionally.

I played in the OGL and CPL w/ Counter Strike in the day. I rocked Battlenet pretty hard with Starcraft. I made money. Nothing to write home about, but... a few extra thousand a year at events.


To this day I don't see how WoW can be a profession. At all.

[Hiroradius]

You don't need to craft to play the story, BUT, there are a few story quests that require a crafted item that they tell you to craft.. Just go to the bulletin boards to get it.

Also, fyi, all crafting classes can be leveled to 20 WITHOUT gathering. The mats can be found on vendors for next to nothing. Some are in the crafting vendor, some are in city vendors, some are in outpost vendors, but up to 20, all crafting mats can be bought from a vendor, after level 20, some still can be bought from a vendor some need to be gathered or farmed off mobs.

The only thing that will hold you back from doing the story are the mandatory dungeons and waiting in que for xx amount of time. Everything else can be done.