Stop with the absurd "casualization" of this game.

[Lucifer]

I believe the game is heading in a terrible direction.

Ifrit drops must be stopped in their tracks. This is very bad decision Yoship. You should reward people for killing a very difficult monster, that is understandable, but you need to reward crafters at the same time. Horns, leather, crystals, anything but a bunch of already crafted gear. What is the point of crafting to level fifty if everyone is going to simply use Ifrit gear?
FFXI had a perfect system in place where crafted gear and elite drops were side by side. Why would you not use something that makes hardcore raiders AND hardcore crafters happy?

The crafting recipes have been simplified because novice players had a hard time? That's absurd. If they are novice, they will eventually learn. Why in the world did you make crafting so simple? On top of the simplicity, leveling has become extremely fast to the point where low level gear is useless. Now you have a simplified system that isn't needed anymore because people are hitting level 50 in no time, killing Ifrit in no time, and getting gear that far exceeds anything you can make; in no time.

The problems FFXIV suffer from are not related to the crafting system. They are problems such as poor performance, delay between player interaction, minimal content, UI, and all those things that have been repeated a thousand times over.
If you're trying to make another carbon copy of WoW, I will invest my money elsewhere. I already played WoW, LOTRO, and Rift. I even played the ancestor of these games, Everquest. ToR is doing the same thing and it seems you're trying to follow. How unfortunate.

[DrJackal]

yoshi-p already said there will be two crafting methods, 1st fast and simple with no risk and 2nd more complicated with risk of losing items and chance of HQ item.
also from the last live letter:
Q: The weapons obtainable from achievements look very appealing, but wouldn't this kill the demand for HQ items made by crafters? What is going to happen to HQ crafting in the future?
A: We are reworking HQ including adjustments to parameters. That alone will not make HQ items competitive with the latest end game drops. However, that is where materia crafting comes in. By combining different materia, HQ items superior to end game drops can be produced. Also, HQ is designed so that item base stats and growth potential increase proportional to quality. So I don't believe that the demand for HQ items will ever die out. That is also why rare drops are designed so that they cannot be melded with materia. These items are very powerful but there is no room for growth. On the other hand, crafted items have a weaker base but are wide open for upgrades. That is how these two are balanced, so there is no need to worry.



so honestly i don't know what you are ranting about

[PrettyPrincess]

"I BELIEVE THIS GAME IS GOING IN A BAD DIRECTION BECAUSE OF MY OPINION"

[Lucifer]

...and the stupid zealots come out to post asinine comments with zero coherency.

"I BELIEVE THIS GAME IS GOING IN A BAD DIRECTION BECAUSE OF MY OPINION"

Are opinions automatically rejected if they insinuate FFXIV has a problem? Here I thought this was a feedback board.

This thread is worse than the Failure 2.0 and the scaling of abilites thread, thank you, you win. You are so opinionated no one cares, happy @ OP. Fear mongering, fear mongering, fear mongering. I don't like this, I don't like that, so the game sucks. or will suck I hear this everyday , you just hid yours in what looks like a logical argument.

I never said the game sucks. Is this some sort of defense mechanism you have created in order to defend FFXIV against any negative remarks? How immature of you. Don't speak of logical arguments like you know what logic means.

so honestly i don't know what you are ranting about

What about the recipes? The speed at which you get to level fifty? The gear before level fifty? Are we just supposed to jump from dungeon to dungeon getting purple text gear? How odd of you to simply pick out one of my concerns and respond with "well Yoshi-p said it would be ok."

[PrettyPrincess]

...and the stupid zealots come out to post asinine comments with zero coherency.


Are opinions automatically rejected if they insinuate FFXIV has a problem? Here I thought this was a feedback board.



I never said the game sucks. Is this some sort of defense mechanism you have created in order to defend FFXIV against any negative remarks? How immature of you. Don't speak of logical arguments like you know what logic means.



What about the recipes? The speed at which you get to level fifty? The gear before level fifty? Are we just supposed to jump from dungeon to dungeon getting purple text gear? How odd of you to simply pick out one of my concerns and respond with "well Yoshi-p said it would be ok."

Just because you "believe" in something does not mean it is truth. Ultimately the devs have the last say if they believe something is wrong.

[Lucifer]

Just because you "believe" in something does not mean it is truth. Ultimately the devs have the last say if they believe something is wrong.

Wow. Can you not post here anymore? You're obviously not very smart.

[PrettyPrincess]

Wow. Can you not post here anymore? You're obviously not very smart.

Speak for yourself.

[zaviermhigo]

This thread is worse than the Failure 2.0 and the scaling of abilites thread, thank you, you win. You are so opinionated no one cares, happy @ OP. Fear mongering, fear mongering, fear mongering. I don't like this, I don't like that, so the game sucks. or will suck I hear this everyday , you just hid yours in what looks like a logical argument.

[Lucifer]

Great display of this games community.

[PrettyPrincess]

You must be new here.