Anyone else miss synthesis?

[nasomi]

I started ffxi as a hume in bastok. I happened to run past the goldsmith guild at level 5 or something and saw a taru making copper ingots. I saw the little arms waving back and forth, and i was like oooooooooooooo. I deleted my character and made a taru, and never looked back. I fished and cooked in ffxi and loved them both. However I love synthesis, but do not love whatever it is we have now. I want to see the adorable actions of my lala waving his arms around a crystal in the air to create river sand. Whatever it is we do now, I want it gone and I want my old synths back. Is that to much to ask?

Also while you're at it, fix fixing to be like it was too. I liked fighting hte fish, not this turn based crap.

[Wolfie]

Nope. Don't miss that at all. Don't like the new stuff either.

[Anonymoose]

While some of the current animations are nice, they really do lack that magical feel don't they? Let me ask you this:

If I've got a wooden table and a metal tool, and I'm physically cutting out the leather and stitching it together, or I'm physically lighting a fire in my alembic and distilling stuff, where does the crystal part even come into the situation? Am I just sitting on it and draining the energy by osmosis to fuel my arts and crafts rampage?

+1 for bringing back some of that "o0o0o0o" inspiring stuff. Hell, at least give me a nicer table. I'm using the same picnic bench and dented, rusty alchemy still that I've had since DAY ONE. SURELY if I can afford a diamond encrusted flask and blade of electrum, I can afford a decent workbench. Throw me a frickin' bone here.

[nasomi]

I'd also like to be able to drop a cluster and make 12 crystals too. How the hell does a recipee work where you have a wind crystal that turns itno 16 lightning shards? It's absurd.

I would even take it at a reduced success rate and reduced quantity output. I'd rather do something fun for 12 hours than something tedious for 20min.

[Jinko]

We should hear some news on the new crafting changes in tomorrows live letter.

Not long to go now

[smokymcweed]

i do miss the synthing this current crafting monstrosity we have needs to die why did they creat dol/doh anyway its silly

[Sephrick]

I forget, how did synthesis work? You had to select a crystal and all ingredients for each individual synth, right?

How did we ever grin and bear through the invisible exp bar for those? lol

[Anonymoose]

I forget, how did synthesis work? You had to select a crystal and all ingredients for each individual synth, right?

How did we ever grin and bear through the invisible exp bar for those? lol

I suspect it's related to the issue where we once needed to reach 1.0 through a series of 0.1 and 0.2 to gain a level (100 synths to 50 if you're unlucky) and then all of a sudden it was 1,891,150 EXP gained 300-500 at a time. (4,000 to 6,000 synths to 50)

[yukikaze_yanagi]

nevertheless the absolute randomess of skill ups.
Yeah, we totallly miss that system :|

[Antonn]

Yea I do a lo.... You lose Venomous Claw, Shining Cloth, *insert rare/valuable item here*


Nope. Not one bit.