Crafting is fun!

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

I just wanted to say the devs did a good job with the crafting system. It's one of the most comprehensive and fun crafting I have seen in any video game. Even better than Star Ocean 3 which had awesome crafting.

I know lots of people upset that crafting is a little more difficult then they were expecting, but I think the highest star items should be fairly difficult to make. You can get roughly 2-3 pieces of gear each week, which seems more than fair seeing as combat jobs need 2 weeks just for 1 piece.

Anyways I just wanted to leave a little positive feedback, and say not everyone hates crafting. My only real suggestion would be to maybe have a little more combat-centric recipes. Maybe a couple accessories or a lvl 190 set or something to craft for combat classes.

[KfLeX]

Positive players like you are awesome.

[Eul]

Maybe I didn't adapt yet with current crafting system, but the things to craft (below 60), especially the outfit, mostly copycat from old gear. Also the uniqueness of BRD's Kirimu Coat is gone and the other I forgot the name is gone too.

[Alahra]

I'm glad that you're enjoying it. I wish that I still did, as crafting has long been one of my favorite features of this game. The current structure has made it rather unenjoyable for me, though.

[Spellbinder]

My only real suggestion would be to maybe have a little more combat-centric recipes. Maybe a couple accessories or a lvl 190 set or something to craft for combat classes.

Well, considering the rarity of items required for two-star crafting, craftable item level 190 gear would likely require red scrip items as well. Being limited to crafting only two or three items a week with the few scrips we receive, would you have crafters choose between making high level accessories that battle classes likely won't buy (because they would be sold at ludicrous prices) and gear to improve themselves every week?

As much as I enjoy crafting, I must respectfully disagree with your assessment of the current situation. A crafter that can only craft two to three items a week doesn't sound like much of a crafter to me.

[Elim]

I wouldn't say crafting is difficult in anyway. Not personally. "I got bad RNG during that craft" =/= "That craft was difficult". What I think people are upset about is the system is probably 2x more grindy than the last.

I still craft and gather, but I find it boring. However it's nice that some people enjoy it.

[Sapphic]

The biggest and most viable complaint is that there is no reason for crafting outside of consumables. So you grind and craft 2-3 times a week to make a full set of x class crafting gear, then what? Will it be, craft thie current gear nad penta meld it just to be able to craft the next tier of crafting gear so you can craft the 3rd set of crafting gear?

Due to how FCoB clears went with some players using crafted and melded gear to progress without having to do the gear progression, that now crafted battle job gear will not be viable. So pretty pointless.

Only thing I craft is food and stat pots for progression.

[Stormfur]

I love crafting. I hate gathering ooids and plants in order to make a single ingot. And I wish we had more variety in what we could craft -- if battle pieces are too much, why not more glamours?

[Ashkendor]

I'm enjoying crafting, but I'm progressing pretty slowly at it. Mostly I just make a lot of the normal items to sell right now, like food. Even some of the 2.0 foods still sell, so I crank them out and keep em on the market. I haven't crafted anything using the scrip mats yet, mostly because I'm still unlocking all of the Legendary gathering nodes. I prefer to be self-sufficient. :3

In the meantime, I'm just mostly hoarding my scrip tokens. I've sold a few, but I still have a lot in my inventory.

[Airget]

It's the current gate of crafting.

I always use Carpenter as an example since I consider it my main focus but this is my problem with the current system. Lack of anything to make and as mentioned the amount of synths gated through red scrips. This means even all these synths you are limited to how much you can synth.

So with the Mastercraft III Book I can do the following:

No requirements:
1 Furniture
3 DOW/DOM weapons
1 DOL Main tool

Craftmanship 620 to make:
5 Furniture

Craftmanship 718, Control 695 to make:
2 offhand DOL tools
3 DOH Accessories
1 Furniture (Material which comes from the weekly Alexander Savage so extremely limited)(((AND IT USES RED SCRIP MATERIALS WHY WOULD YOU WANT THIS)))
1 material (used for red scrip synths)

Total=17

Now look at it, soak it in, so I"m obtaining red scrips to craft to get better gear to make stuff I've been making with the red scrips to craft stuff to make stuff that I've already been making. And even if I wanted to make something unique and different, why would I want to spend my red scrips on a piece of furniture that lacks variety.

For me it's just a huge letdown seeing the lack of options when it comes to crafting and for me I'd still have had no desire to really invest into gear cause I can perfectly create collectibles I need to fill the weekly quota so honestly as it stands upgrading my gear just has no point atm, the rush to the finish line doesn't really offer any sort of reward or incentive that I could honestly say I"m looking forward to.

So I get my Carpenter maxed out and then what I can HQ the material needed to make that gear easier and HQ that accessories and offhands I was able to make before easier? That's where they dropped the ball, it shouldn't be oh well this stuff is now easier to do it should of been oh yes now I have access to 5-10 synths now that I've reached the top. If they had done that I honestly don't think many people would have to much of an issue with crafting cause they'd at least have something to look forward to but with a lack of anything to be excited for the fun of crafting is lost to most because it's making stuff just to make the stuff you are already making easier, and what fun is that?