I’m seeing a lot of comparisons to Word of Warcraft crafting from some who feel it’s a better system, my question; why don’t you play that game instead? Does FFXIV need to implement the same systems because some feel it’s too tedious? (Some mind you not all.) MMO = Grind and it doesn’t matter what the game title or activity is.

Crafting tends to be more of a solo thing and some find it relaxing compared to the pressure of working within a party to achieve goals. You want kill mob get exp., kill mob get exp. Ok. There is no real difference from craft get exp, etc. One tends to be better with a group the other doesn’t.

I’m with those who feel crafting didn’t need the watering down it got, only a better balancing of level requirements on sub items (with the exception of cooking maybe). Still it’s not for everyone, but in that way the game offers something for a diverse group of players.

I don’t think some of you will be happy until this game becomes WoW2. You shouldn’t worry I’m sure Blizzard is not resting on their laurels and less then a year after Diablo 3 is out, they will start hinting about the next big thing. I for one want a more complex system of crafting then press a button get your item and if I wanted a WoW clone, I’d be playing WoW.

(P.S. Don’t flame me with Fanboy’ism’s, I’m not saying either game or any MMO is better / worse then another, pick the one you like and go play it.)