Fall back and regroup: time for crafting autoleveller?

[Irana]

The time it takes to do a single synth is horrible.

You should be allowed to choose a synth, and ahve it done automatically in a short time.

Im not saying being able to choose the maths for 300 synths and ahve it done automatically. but get rid of the dman minigame.

ITS POINTLESS AND A WASTE OF TIME.

[TheVedis]

I play good games and I don't sit in poor ones happy that no one else does.
This system is impotent and poor gaming.

That's what's wrong with ME, I don't know what's wrong with YOU.

Didn't even answer the question: have you used a memory controller?
I don't recognize your craft levels if you did. That's just me.

my levels are actualy all 100% legit, i have had to physicaly push enter for every command ive done in this game
memory controlers are as good as botting as far as im concerned

[Celeras]

I'd see no problems with this if the auto-system created only NQ items, and you were required to do the current systems minigame if you wanted an HQ.

[Radaghast]

Wtf is a memory controller, the turbo button on the gamepad?

[Enma]

To make crafting faster SE just has to reduce the "three" animations that every actions requests to one, and increase the progress of standard synthesis to 30-40%...

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Haven't read the whole thread, but I recall the crafting excitement I had at launch. And what it turned into for me when I no longer factored into the server's economy.

I thank FFXIV for turning over to Netflix. Crafting became the time to watch Netflix. I setup my computer near the TV just to achieve this. And sometimes crafting distracted me from watching. Then crafting altered where we could chat better during the synth. But it was too late! I'm now a Netflix addict

[Additional comments withheld due to their capability of inducing unsexy cookie eating marathons. And the cookies aren't even tasty.]

[Eekiki]

I know this will be unpopular, but what I really think this game needs (as with most shite) is a good wipe.

With every day that passes, I agree with this statement more and more.

[Catapult]

So Peregrine, if SE turned around and banned all the cheaters, would you be surprised if you got banned along with them?

You're publicly advocating cheating, after all.

[origamikitsune]

What I would like to see is improvements to the existing system, because I don't think a wipe and rework of the fundamentals will be any better significant improvements to what we have. There is lots that can be done to improve the crafting system in multiple ways.

One example:
Lets assume that you have a craft that requires 1 Buffalo strap, One Buffalo Leather, one Iron Plate and one... Lets say Cotton yarn.

Normally, starting at the bottom, you would need buff hides, formic acid, iron ore, and cotton bolls to get it all done, and you would end up with left over parts (extra straps, extra nuggets, extra yarn, etc.). No big deal. So add a feature that lets you go straight from base mats to finish product, at the expense of all those extra mats you would make in between.

Now, I just came up with that on the fly; I haven't given any thought to whether or not it would ultimately be feasible or hurt the economy more than it would help. But I'm using it to illustrate that you can in fact make changes to the existing system that cut down on time, inventory, and (some) of the surplus by not creating it in the first place, and still implement changes that fundamentally alter the way the game is played without totally scrapping what we have.

It seems that SE has finally admitted that crafters/gatherers are in fact just there to support the fighters (read the QAs if you haven't yet). That being the case, I still suspect that they will (eventually) give crafting/gathering an overhaul. I don't expect a fundamental rewrite of the system; but I do expect we will see many ways in which crafting is streamlined.

[Wynn]

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Peregrine, you have no way to prove anyone is botting via this method. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, though I question how widespread you would have us believe it is, and you certainly have no idea who is or isn't doing it. You have absolutely no way to know that. If they are at their computer, all you have is your belief they are using this memory controller. That's it. No facts. No proof. Nothing. Are you really going to tell me that your belief is based on something so simple as they are sitting in one place crafting for hours?

Also, consider this. If they are physically present at that computer the entire time they are doing this, their leveling is going no faster than it would if they were pushing that button themselves. Now, do not misconstrue this statement to mean I am defending anyone who does this. I'm not. But let's be realistic here. Either they are going to be stepping away to get an unfair advantage, and that time away is enough to get caught should people actually report this behavior in the correct manner for investigation, or they aren't leaving at all and are leveling no faster than anyone else who sits in front of their computer for the same period of time legitimately pressing buttons.