Crafters have no right to get their own Chocobos

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I can agree with this, the first character I rolled when joining the game was a Blacksmith, then when I realised I wasn't going to get anywhere as just a blacksmith, 'cos I couldn't afford the things I needed for it, I rerolled my character as a conjurer. Starting the game as a crafting class does kind of put you in a difficult situation to begin with.

I kind of miss Tanaka's idea for making the DOH/DOL classes able to participate in battles... I think it was pretty early but he mentioned something about Botanists getting bonus attacks vs Seedkin and Goldsmiths being able to boost ore drops from certain mobs.

But if the equality of crafting and gathering classes needs to be sacrificed in order to better focus the growth of the game, I can certainly understand it.

It would certainly allow the dev team more freedom in the creation of main story battles. At first I was a bit surprised at how many 'battles' can be won by parley, emotes, or other non-combat actions. It seemed extremely contrived to me.

That said, I would love to see some DOL/DOH specific dungeons or instanced quests. I think there is tremendous opportunity for innovation in that regard, as well as a way to really engage the crafting and gathering players in ways that other games haven't.