Workshops - getting 4 people in there to progress a tier is getting tedious

[Nezerius]

I think needing 3 others is a necessary evil as it prevents people who buy solo houses from just having a solo FC and owning a FC house and having the FC workshop all to themselves. If it was like that it be much harder to tell the difference between a solo home owner and one who had 1 friend help them invite their mules to their faux FC so they could use the workshop for themselves (on top of the 4 airships they would also have access to).

The 3 other people making up the light party to progress don't have to be part of the FC. That solo player just has to jump through the hoop of shouting in the Goblet/Lavender Beds/Mist to get 3 randoms to help.

Rather than ask them to remove the need for 3 others we should focus on a way to allow the 3 other members to have an influence over the results of the recipe.

There could be mini-games introduced that are completely optional but have the opportunity to improve the % in which you can save materials. Designate 1 person as the handing them in and the other 3 perform task on the proper class to use the materials in question efficiently, if they reach 0 with the materials then they don't gain back any of the materials but if they manage to complete the task with leftover materials they are put in a pool that can be retrieved once the recipe is finished or cancelled.

I think if you don't want your friends to be bored, rather than find a way to turn workshops into a complete single player experience, come up with ways they could make it more interactive.

In my FC, which isn't a solo FC, it already feels like pulling nails just to get 3 members to the company workshop. Having some kind of gimmick minigame would make that even more annoying to do. As long as it remains optional, then I'd be just fine with it.

[Final-Fantasy]

I think needing 3 others is a necessary evil as it prevents people who buy solo houses from just having a solo FC and owning a FC house and having the FC workshop all to themselves.

Not even.

I have my own company and have never really had an issue making anything, (I have multiple friends doing the same) in my solo company, i have friends to help, or i may even offer a reward for assistance, and at one point i owned seven companies in my ward all with houses, just to house all my Airships, and I have a lot of airships, I can tell you they make you MILLIONS of Gil, so workshop crafting wont matter in that respect to owning solo companies. It makes sense to remove the light party requirement, no matter how you argue it.

[ChloeGrace]

A mini-game is just lame, and forced. Just drop the party requirement already and make FC crafters happy.
Remove the restriction on contributing materials to ALL stages of a project, as well. Make it so that you can't even begin the synth until all materials have been submitted.

[PotatoTree]

Just a regular bump to remind the devs that we still want this!

[Alistaire]

With the new exploration missions in 4.2 this would be a great time to ditch this 4-person requirement.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

I'd rather they kept the system as it is but make the other 3 ppl more inclusive in making the item i.e 1 trades, 1 pulls levers etc.

[BillyKaplan]

I'd rather they kept the system as it is but make the other 3 ppl more inclusive in making the item i.e 1 trades, 1 pulls levers etc.

It will be completely artificial involvement that I dare say will make it harder for people to get groups together. I made myself a Carby wall for my house yesterday. It took about 5 minutes from start to finish. 3 people from my linkshell afk'd in the workshop while they were watching the live letter. Now imagine if they actually had to do something. It's tedious. It's horrendously tedious, it's godawful tedious. And if you want to run it more than one stage at a time it's ridiculous. The system needs an overhaul in general, the least they can do is make it easier on us by letting us do it solo and progress at our own pace without having to pay people to just sit there while we feed mats to the machine

[Alistaire]

I'd rather they kept the system as it is but make the other 3 ppl more inclusive in making the item i.e 1 trades, 1 pulls levers etc.

Half the time the only reason people come out to help anyway is "well at least I don't have to do stuff". Absolute no to this idea.

[Rydian]

i hope we get another Q & A soon. I'd love someone to ask about this.

[Shahi]

Yes. Please get rid of this 4 person requirement. Asking random people to AFK in the workshop would make me feel really bad. That's why I still don't have airships... But I want them!