Crafting is dead

[KremlinDusk]

You know, I remember everyone's response to 4 star books being "it's too hard," "the mats are way too expensive!" and other such things. To which, Naoki responded with wishing to make crafting - and gathering - more accessible in Heavensward. To which, you know, I was a little saddened by it. I liked getting my Weaver's 4 star book, and all other master books for other crafts(except the 4 star books) I liked knowing I was one of very few people who had the 4 star book, and I did a lot to get there. In fact, it was so tough, and at times I was so deterred by the RNG of Intricate Silver Brocades that I decided more than once that I would quit. Luckily 20%, 22% and 58% were enough and I finally got the book.

But Naoki said he wanted to make crafting more accessible, and honestly I looked forward to that all the same. New crafts, new housing items(as an FC Leader this was something I was extremely looking forward to) and glamours. Maybe crafting wouldn't scare some of my more conservative members in Heavensward, which I try my best to encourage others to take up.


But, as we all know, the word 'accessible' is not the word we would choose for how things have gone with Heavensward. Blue Scrips themselves have turned into a 'waste thousands, perhaps even tens or hundreds of thousand of gil and get given barely a respectable amount of scrips' business. And then they decide to turn crafting into a weekly expert dungeon run, except it takes more than half an hour a day, and costs you hundreds of thousands or even millions of gil depending on your class and whether you have gathering to 51+. Also Fishing is still as useless as it was in A Realm Reborn(I don't include the Zodiac Relic, that was put there far too soon and too conveniently for it to even matter in the slightest).

The only positive gain from Heavensward crafting is the ability to circumvent A Realm Reborn crafting book stat requirements with Heavensward gear. But they sell almost all gear required for levequests to quickly level yourself to 60, spitting on what it actually means to level crafting. (And don't get me started on levelling gathering classes just by standing still for a whole day.)

There is no way crafting has been made more accessible. Unless Eorzea is actually Great Britain and Naoki Yoshia is actually David Cameron supporting the big corporations/Crafting FCs that can actually do this. But myself, and others I know with such money to do things like this are refusing to do so on principle, so good luck.