This disscusion is hilarious.... I mean does no one who has ever participated in a video game realize that manually crafting..... WHILE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ELSE (forums/YouTube/hulu/comics) ISNT REALLY PLAYING THE GAME? The problem isn't bots, it isn't Turbo controllers, it isn't the economy. No the problem is that the DoH and DoL is a (and I'm capatilizing this so people get the message clearly) FAILED VIDEO GAME CONCEPT. Blacksmiths don't fight dragons, the build/repair armor for the people who do... you shouldn't play this game to work a job. The mechanics are broke but even above that, the entire concept of crafting in an adventure game should be an after thought, not a job class.
The game is going to a more traditional job system right? What does 30MRD/15WVR unlock? Or better still what does FSH/BOT unlock?
This bothers me more than anything because to fix it, they would need to redo crafting completely, Ala full wipe. These folks who burned a year of their life grinding 5 crafts and fishing and mining would be screwed and they already said this won't be happening...so they basically are sol when it comes to the inherent fundamental flaw of this section of the game.