Super-mega-grind

[Rinsui]

Is it just me, or is crafting in FFXIV the
grindiest of all grinds ever invented in a MMO?

Is there a single game in human history where
crafting was grindier, or does FFXIV hold the
ultimate record?

[Neptune]

Was FFXI longer?

[Royal]

Oh my god, I have been complaining to my LS for the last week about crafting. Now that materia is in the game each player really needs a 50 craft to compliment their main battlecraft. I have been leveling weaving to support my conjurer. After a week or 2, I have been able to get it from 18 - 31 and it is sooooooooooooooooo boring. I fall asleep after maybe 2 hours. It is UNBEARABLE.

[TonyMontana]

Just watch tv/movies and spam the button.

[RemVye]

I applaud people who actually have 50 crafts... Tony Montana comes to mind... he has all of them leveled. This was prior to 1.19 but I couldn't bare to even push enter for hours on end.

I suggest getting 99 leve allowance and burning through them to level a craft.



EDIT: OMFG LOL AS I WAS WRITING THIS HE POSTS ABOVE ME.... freaky



2nd EDIT: Check out my idea for crafting

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...252#post416252

[Xatsh]

Crafting wise XIV is probally the hardest mmo to level up crafts based off pure time it takes. XI was much harder for most to do it due to a gil restriction where 1 craft level could cost upwards of 4-5million (~10-15million in XIV gil) and there where 10-20 levels where you had to just burn absurd amount of gil to level to cap.

So it all depends on how you see it. Do you want to farm mobs for 10-20hrs to get 1 level, or do you want to take 3-4hrs per level crafting cheap stuff.

I would say XI, if you include the farming to make the money to level... was much much harder and more of a grind.

[Answa]

Leveling a craft in this game has actually been fun for me. You actually do something that's not just clicking synth and praying. I've felt extreme satisfaction when I rescue a synth from near death.

But yes. High levels have a LOT of EXP to overcome. Just... like Tony said.... pop in a movie and relax.

[Royal]

One simple change for crafting would make me so much happier:

The ability to turn off animations and get the results of your action (standard, rapid, careful, etc) immediately.

I don't need to see you put the damn thread in the damn item for the 1millionth time.

[Bigglesworth]

I actually love crafting. If it were not for crafting, I would of never discovered Breaking Bad on Netflix. Such an awesome show!

[Blarp]

If I'm watching a movie while playing a video game, then that's the first sign something is wrong. If I'm paying more attention and I'm more engaged in the movie than the video game, then I know it's time to play a new video game.