Quote Originally Posted by YuriSan View Post
YES!
This is exactly the people i am talking about that will be the ones that are happy with this update.
People that dont like crafting.
Chances are u still wont craft much after the patch either.

Previous recipe for Thunderstorm Axe:

Silver Ingot
Undyed Canvas
Brimstone
Scale Glue
Storm Axe Head
Maple Axe Haft
Silver Axe Butt

New recipe for Thunderstorm Axe: (R46 weapon lol)

Steel Ingot
Walnut Lumber
Silver Ingot

Enough said...
Would it really have been so bad to make the recipe:

Steel Axe Head
Walnut Lumber
Silver Axe Butt

Why could they have possibly felt the need to remove all semblance of crafting from crafting. They might as well have just gone back to FFXIs throw some stuff in a magic ball and hope it works method. Recipes needed to be simplified by methods like using Fully crafted items and adding to them to upgrade into better versions of themselves while removing excessive parts. Instead they decided they needed to remove all the pieces, most often used for leveling, that could possibly make it appear as though you actually are making something. The concept of a person making an item directly from raw materials is absurd and heavily detracts from the Crafting Classes. As it was said before by literally hundreds of people. The problem with crafting is not the recipes it's the UI.

Simplification would have been fine. Gutting the system will only make things worse.