o.O Overkill on the crafting Dumb down?

[TheVedis]

So heres a good question regarding HQs to pass on to yoshi....

How will current HQ items transition into the new HQ system?

[Okiura]

I'm soooo disapointed, i've been waiting for this news all week. I was hoping Yoshi was gonna doing somting nice in the future with crafting that would justify the over simplifcaction.

Sadly looking forwards i just see more problems with his plans for the system. he has been doing a really good job with other stuff even if most has been in the wrong order, but i guess there is so much wrong working out the correct order is as hard fixing the issues ^^.

I wouldn't consider my sef a hardcore gamer or crafter maybe somewhere in between hardcore and causal and a feel these change will distroyed a huge portion of the game.

All HQ mats need to make a HQ item what a load of BS, HQ mats are gonna be tough to get, the causual players that Yoshi is aiming for are already complaining about dungons being too hard, i doubt these HQ mats will remain hard to get for long.

the bottom line is what you gonna have is no economy which will not be a issue as every one and there dogs will be able to make/fix everything, no item will come up for sale as no one is gonna systh gear with no chace of making a profit off HQ's.

The is a weird way to go but it does fix the incredably flawed market ward system w/o actuall doing anything to it.

[darkstarpoet1]

well to sum up yoshi's post the crafters were right to worry about this new system. this is taking 10 steps backwards.

[Blue79]

The is a weird way to go but it does fix the incredably flawed market ward system w/o actuall doing anything to it.

gotta respectfully disagree. i don't think this fixes the market ward system at all, rather it just adds another level of fubar

on side note:
- they can't increase inventory space do to cost of hard drives for servers? Seriously?!? go ask blizzard how they handle 20x your player base with faaaaar more space, or any other mmo as every single one has managed to deal with this issue

-getting rid of +2 and +3 versions and moving to a NQ/HQ system? i think i just heard someone that saved to buy a +3 crab bow slit their wrist

i think every time i read about upcoming changes i facepalm (except for chocobos and airship, good on them for that)

[Physic]

I sort of see what his plan is, but it seems like, at least from these posts, that it will create a lot of issues. Needing HQ to make hq also seems to take the only entertaining part out of crafting, the mini game to make HQ items was the one part of the system where the mini game actually served a purpose. Well, looks like they are going to end up totally recreating crafting by the end of the day, lets hope the system is good, and appeals to the people who enjoyed it before. Maybe not, but ehhh thats life i suppose

[Blue79]

i think the hq mats needed to make a hq product may be a translation issue... otherwise why bother with durability vs quality (and all associated skills learned and bought via guild marks)

[TheVedis]

i think the hq mats needed to make a hq product may be a translation issue... otherwise why bother with durability vs quality (and all associated skills learned and bought via guild marks)

those will still matter when making hq mats
just not hq finished items

[Physic]

gotta respectfully disagree. i don't think this fixes the market ward system at all, rather it just adds another level of fubar

on side note:
- they can't increase inventory space do to cost of hard drives for servers? Seriously?!? go ask blizzard how they handle 20x your player base with faaaaar more space, or any other mmo as every single one has managed to deal with this issue

-getting rid of +2 and +3 versions and moving to a NQ/HQ system? i think i just heard someone that saved to buy a +3 crab bow slit their wrist

i think every time i read about upcoming changes i facepalm (except for chocobos and airship, good on them for that)

yeahhh that server space issue hit me as bullshit as well, i mean all your inventory is text, they have databases which serve a much larger population much more often with much more information with no problems. I think he is just copping a plea there, saying something that sounds good to people who dont know too much about databases and servers.

I mean having limited inventory is good for an MMO for many reasons, but the server space issue is not really one of them

i mean they have things offering data storage free, and this game is gonna be 13 a month per person

[Ferth]

I am glad I'm not the only one who read the posts and immediately felt wary. I'm still waiting to see more... but this didn't leave a great taste in my mouth...

[Okiura]

i think the hq mats needed to make a hq product may be a translation issue... otherwise why bother with durability vs quality (and all associated skills learned and bought via guild marks)

i hope it is, but sadly from reading other posts from the playerbase these changes are aim at they want to be guarnteed HQ synths with HQ mats rather then have to try a few times, so i just think this a step to please them. some also want cloase to 100% drops on rare items from NM's so my guess this will be the next step. from a company point of view tailoring a game for you desired player base is the correct thing to do but from an enteraining point of view it's not the best way to go IMO, what you'll end up with is everyone looking the same using pretty much the exact same gear. it won't be long before even the people that like these changes will get board and move on. FFXIV the 1st MMO you can complete.