Super-mega-grind

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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?

Lineage 2's was definitely far, far, far,grindier.

You think having to press "Standard Synthesis" for a minute or so is bad?

Imagine having to press your mouse button potentially hundreds - yes hundreds - of times to create a single item, between making sub-sub components, crafting those into sub-components, crafting those into components and then crafting those into the actual item.

And if you happened to fail the craft, you could lose potentially weeks worth of material gathering, component crafting, etc.

Oh, and unless you found a Dwarf (the only race who could really craft anything beyond basic items) with your recipe set up to craft in its shop (Dwarf players could set up their characters as crafting shops), you had to level a Dwarf yourself, get him to the level where he could learn to craft the item(s) you wanted, and then do it. The upside to that, though, is that crafters could make a lot of money in that game by just parking their character in the right spot, and letting people to come to them to craft stuff while they were afk, etc.

XIV's is a walk in the park by comparison.

Personally, I don't even think XIV's is that bad.. boring and could use a bit more variety in the situations you have to respond to and how you have to respond... but not horrible. I personally enjoy actually being involved in the process moreso than clicking one button and poof... you have your items.