Quote Originally Posted by Kabooa View Post
FF14 crafting is interactive WoW crafting. Don't try to oversell it. Better crafting systems in MMOs have existed that completely blow it out of the water.
It's much better than WoW crafting. WoW crafting could easily be maxed out in 30 minutes, provided you had the mats. And those "better" systems are usually overly complex and painful. FF14 strikes a good balance between the 2.

Quote Originally Posted by Sapphidia View Post
If 3.2 arrives and the balance hasnt shifted, Paladins will be shunted to the wayside on the early progression exactly like they have been in 3.0. For many that wont matter but for any groups wanting to push the second instance of Alex hard on release, DRK/WAR is probably going to be the go-to again unless the designers change philosophy.
There is some talk that the devs are going to make Alex Pt. 2 have more physical dmg. I think they realize that having (mostly) magical dmg kind of screwed over PLD hard.