Bulk Synthesis?

[gamesmart]

As I was sitting in front of my computer while Quick Synthesis does its thing, I came up with an idea - why not have a "bulk" synthesis type deal?

The way I have this idea thought out is:
For any item that can be Quick Synthed, there's an option to craft multiple units of that item in one craft - but the more you intend to craft in one shot, the higher the Difficulty/Quality values scale - how they scale would be up to the devs, though I'd think a linear scale wouldn't be very viable. HQ materials would still affect the starting quality on the same scale as however the quality scales.

Let's take, say, Natron for example. Single craft is 44 difficulty, 1296 quality. If you wanted to bulk synth say, 25 of them, the difficulty might increase to perhaps around 120, and quality might go up to maybe somewhere around 2800. (I'm not sure how viable these numbers are, I'm just making them up. Durability would stay the same, I'd imagine.

I'm just posting this to see if anyone's willing to back this idea, or if people want to suggest changes to the idea, what those changes would be. Or people think crafting's easy enough as it is, and don't want this sort of system. I'm fine with that too.

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Some suggestions that I like:

I like this idea, but I'd put a few other restrictions on it. Only items that stack, and very low, if any, exp gain. I could imagine the economy shattering if people changed to only level on items you could make with one click.

[Sainya]

Well, technically you already can. Look into a macro program. You can write macros to press certain keys, or, to press a key or two keys that executes two of your FFXIV macros.

[Violyre]

I like this idea, but I'd put a few other restrictions on it. Only items that stack, and very low, if any, exp gain. I could imagine the economy shattering if people changed to only level on items you could make with one click.

[gamesmart]

I like this idea, but I'd put a few other restrictions on it. Only items that stack, and very low, if any, exp gain. I could imagine the economy shattering if people changed to only level on items you could make with one click.

I do agree with that. This was really just something I came up in about 2 minutes, so obviously it's not fine-tuned to the potential and probable implications of implementing such a system. I didn't think of the xp gain side of the system due to me having had all crafts max level for quite a while now, I'll add this to the OP.

[gamesmart]

Any other ideas/suggestions/comments/complaints?

The idea was mostly geared towards max level crafters so that they don't have to sit around for several minutes waiting for Quick Synthesis to make a stack of 99 whatever-it-is, just a little background. I'm sure those who actively craft know what I'm talking about - or at least, have found stuff to do for those several minutes.

[Tetsaru]

I just wish Quick Synthesis was actually, y'know... QUICK. I shouldn't have to alt+tab out of the game and do something else for 10 minutes while I wait for my character to make a stack of ingots.

[Kimikryo]

This is so against the ToS it hurts

Just, that it is not.

You are not doing an full automated bot:
You write a macro - a function implemented by SE themselves- which has several lines of "action wait action wait"
You assign the macro to a button
You hit the button and wait for the synth to be finished.

You can't just walk away and craft 100 three star HQs with that.

You can do a single craft.

Oh and to be able to do this without fail you need max melded equipment, every crafter as high as possible AND use food.

Just a heads up for you.
Quick synthing 9999 of item xyz while going afk isn't against the ToS neither.

[StouterTaru]

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Using the game's macro system is not against the ToS, but using a 3rd party program to automate hitting buttons is, which is what the person you responded to was talking about.

Also, 99 is the max at one time for quick synthesis. Unless it stacks beyond 99, you can't hold 9999 of any item in your inventory at the same time. If you quick synth 9999 items without coming back 100 times during your afk then you are doing something against the ToS.

[Sainya]

Sorry about posting something against ToS. I would suggest searching on the internet for in game solutions that others have come up with. Definitely don't go against the ToS.