is there any way to make crafting more interesting?

[Kukajoo]

for clarification before i begin, this is not a complaint thread!

i was just wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks to ease that crafting leveling grind.
currently im looking for a nice scenic location to see if a good view will take some of the edge off of sitting around playing with the destiny of one glowy orb after another.
do you have a specific playlist of music you listen to? perhaps you watch netflix on the side?

tell me about it please!

[MeyrinPhantomhive]

I have classical music on in the background using Spotify/Deezer/Google Music, (and music turned off in-game). I leave SFX on (as I often have DF queued), and set my character to run a crafting macro (you could, of course, just use Quick Synth, but you get minimal exp that way). The SFX are needed so I know when the crafting is complete.

I like to craft in a quiet place (usually my FC house), because if it is too crowded, I hear other people's crafting attempts, and often confuse their sounds for my own (you can't tell which is which when the game screen is minimised).

As for what I do during the crafting, I switch to Amazon Cloud reader, and read books (studying stuff in my spare time), then switch back when the craft attempt has finished. I get through a fair bit in the time it takes to craft 99 items.

[Zfz]

Do it in chunks and don't fret over your progress. The more you rush it the worse you feel.

I also noticed you're most likely not following a crafting leveling guide. If you enjoy doing things your own way then that's cool. Just want to remind you that having all the Lv.15 cross-class crafting skills help a lot in achieving more HQ results during leveling, which gives quite a morale boost to the player.

Also, leveling using leves is the fastest way. I accumulate leve allowances and spend them over the weekend. I don't go for the repeatable leves because they are the most inefficient use of time. The repeatable leves are only good if you want to save on leve allowances. For me, I never get enough time in one sitting to use all my allowances anyway, so I choose the most rewarding leve type: courier leves. Between my Return point and free teleport (for using OTP account protection), I don't pay extra for delivery.

At low levels you may be tempted to craft a whole batch of stuff then run back and forth for hand-in. This is monotonous and causes boredom. With courier leves, I only craft for that delivery, then go deliver. I can do this because I level all crafts in parallel, so each courier run I'm handing in items for 2-3 different crafts.

But I guess the most important thing still is try not to care too much about how quickly or slowly you're leveling. Enjoy the grind and it won't feel like a grind.

[Stupiduglytaru]

I leveled classes that could equip said armor, when i did ninja i also leveled leathercraft, from 15+ i fully melded each piece moar dps
overall tho i actually enjoyed the grind, the only craft i need to finish is now is alchemy.

[Lemuria]

How to make crafting more interesting:

1) Try it blindfolded.
2) Ask your clueless 7 year old daughter to pick cross-class skills for you.
3) Craft while wearing a straitjacket, using only your nose to press the keys/buttons.
4) Take a shot of your favourite liquor when you fail a hasty touch.
5) Wear your grandmother's extra-thick glasses so everything is magnified 10-fold and incredibly blurry.
6) Craft in the middle of Castrum Centri.
7) Craft in the middle of the Behemoth Fate.
8) Craft the highest level item you can with the lowest level gear you can.

...so many possibilities.

[Kukajoo]

How to make crafting more interesting:

1) Try it blindfolded.
2) Ask your clueless 7 year old daughter to pick cross-class skills for you.
3) Craft while wearing a straitjacket, using only your nose to press the keys/buttons.
4) Take a shot of your favourite liquor when you fail a hasty touch.
5) Wear your grandmother's extra-thick glasses so everything is magnified 10-fold and incredibly blurry.
6) Craft in the middle of Castrum Centri.
7) Craft in the middle of the Behemoth Fate.
8) Craft the highest level item you can with the lowest level gear you can.

...so many possibilities.

hmmm yes im liking number 4
must put into practice hehe

[Evangela]

remove the crafting mini-game and let us craft everything in one click.

[Cynthis]

Pretty much everything is fun when it's a drinking game. I have a bad feeling about this weekend now. Might have a horrendous hangover on Saturday since I was going to try some 2-star crafts for the first time tonight.

[Felis]

remove the crafting mini-game and let us craft everything in one click.

It is about making it more interesting, not boring

And you can do it already, if you want

[Evangela]

do a collaboration with Atelier series and bring those alchemist outfits to FFXIV.