Is YOUR server this way?

[Krausus]

not made easier? how about the removal of training, not needing guild support, big bonus sp on turn in, next patch the hq process is being made 100% known in advance. all of those things made crafting easier no matter how you look at it. it took a hq system that was fun and rewarding and ruined it.

not easier just less time consuming, its bound to happen when the focus of the game is being placed on battle. But dont worry crafters will have their day when we get housing and such.

[Lucifer]

It IS easier. They even reduced the amount of materials you need.
With the surplus of materials in the market, anyone can pick it up and get it to fifty without a problem.
Gil is the most abundant thing in this game. It's a bad joke, really.

[darkstarpoet1]

not easier just less time consuming, its bound to happen when the focus of the game is being placed on battle. But dont worry crafters will have their day when we get housing and such.

cheaper + more sp + less materials + less skill involved + less requirements + less time + torbo controller bots = easier

you can justify any change you want, but the truth is it is easier and no matter your justification that is still a fact.

[Krausus]

cheaper + more sp + less materials + less skill involved + less requirements + less time + torbo controller bots = easier

you can justify any change you want, but the truth is it is easier and no matter your justification that is still a fact.

sorry I dont equate any of your points with difficulty except skill involvement and yet I dont see any skill involvement in the old or current crafting system. Spin it how you want you are not changing my view or many others view on it.

[alexi14]

I see lots of botters on my server. Glad they don't make crafting worth much, because then they would be giving the RMT and botters a huge advantage!

[Vingtdeux]

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[PerfectClarity]

I will tell you why I stopped crafting.....gutting all the grindable crafts from 40-50. Only way to get xp efficiently is to do local leves and when you only get 1 leve total each time you go to the counter it gets a bit annoying.

Let's take wvr for example. Flax was an easy farm and the best way to get to 50. What is there now that's efficient?

You don't see people grinding because it's too difficult to grind efficiently. I'd rather go play something on my ps3.

[darkstarpoet1]

sorry I dont equate any of your points with difficulty except skill involvement and yet I dont see any skill involvement in the old or current crafting system. Spin it how you want you are not changing my view or many others view on it.

good because i don't equate any of your points with intelligent. point out any of my points and show where it increased the difficulty instead of making it easier and i will agree with you, but you can't because it wasn't the case. i don't care about changing your views. you are the one trying to tell us our views are wrong.

[Sarchy_Warchy]

Skyrim.

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THIS and Skyward Sword AND Minecraft Official Release... ever consider the possibility that people are just simply playing other games????????

[Tsuga]

For the few times I've been in Ul'dah, I do notice less people by the repair npc. What I do see are more people over by the Roegadyn npc in Ul'dah (or Maisenta in Gridania) crafting through leves.

I've noticed that when I'm over there I cannot hear shouts from people that are on the lower level (near the MW or repair npc).

I've also noticed that the majority of crafters are either botting (I craft a lot, and I love crafting next to someone experimentally starting conversations to see if they're botting. Usually if they don't respond for a good 3-5 synths I assume that they're botting), or not paying any attention to their screens, and so they may not see you shouting for help.

THIS and Skyward Sword AND Minecraft Official Release... ever consider the possibility that people are just simply playing other games????????

Truth, since skyrim came out my LSs have dropped to less than half of normal attendance.

Hell, even I'm taking a break for Skyward Sword! The power of this Fall's release schedule is just too compelling...