Super-mega-grind

[Akubikumo]

oh! listen to the poor, poor crafters with their millions of gil and sexy felt outfits. i've got 50 stacks of aldgoat steaks rotting in my retainers pockets and 20k gil to my name. but im not bitter or anything. anybody want some sand?

[RemVye]

Hey guys check out my idea for crafting...

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

[Burn]

[AkayoAkayu]

After they made NPC repairs 99% in 1.19 theres no real reason to need to craft if you dont want to. The point of having materia and all that stuff is to give crafters a job. If you think u NEED to craft because of materia then that means u also NEED to do all the DoL so you can get the catalysts yourself. The point is to rely on other people, not everything has to, nor is intended to, be done by yourself, the object of a MMO is to work with other people.

[Hachiko]

After they made NPC repairs 99% in 1.19 theres no real reason to need to craft if you dont want to. The point of having materia and all that stuff is to give crafters a job. If you think u NEED to craft because of materia then that means u also NEED to do all the DoL so you can get the catalysts yourself. The point is to rely on other people, not everything has to, nor is intended to, be done by yourself, the object of a MMO is to work with other people.

How would you propose someone actually afford gear + materia without having a DoH profession? You sure as hell don't make enough gil or get enough useful mats as a DoW, and unless you have a high DoL and a lot of high level DoH friends you will be SoL or spamming LF45+ BSM (Reward) 100,000 gil for a long time.

Not to mention the idea of handing a person you don't know 1 million gil worth of mats, which will have a 70% chance of disappearing is pure insanity.

[Burn]

The worst thing about crafting now @ 40+ is that you spend more time choco'ing out to the camps to turn it in than it takes you to do the leve.

[sasquatch23]

The worst thing about crafting now @ 40+ is that you spend more time choco'ing out to the camps to turn it in than it takes you to do the leve.

What I did was get a 2nd account with 3 characters on it and dual box using their anima instead of my own. Works out great because when one characters anima gets low I just use another. Not sure what I'll do when they start charging for the game, it sure would suck to lose that 2nd account and there's no way I'm going to pay for 2 subscriptions.

[Hachiko]

The emphasis (near requirement) on crafting, as well as the incredible grind on it is what will make me quit this game, if anything.

(though I also think gathering is an insane slog, also.)

[MANTASTIC]

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[Answa]

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You're my favorite person ever.