What bothers you most about the current synthesis system?

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

I think a more transparency on the synthesis abilities would be nice.

When something like Blinding Speed says it increases your success rate with Rapid Synthesis, does it increase the success rate of the ability or how much progress you make with Rapid Synthesis (I thought it was the former). Or an ability like Bold Endeavor versus Fulfillment.

Will probably find at 50 when the leveling stops. Don't see the difference to instill confidence.

Mass production, parts, finished items ~ how valid are these on new recipes? Are ...

*asks fifty more questions before someone shoves a chocobo down my throat*

I do like that the experience:resource gain is significantly boosted. That stack of mythril ore is looking reaaally delicious now. And I've had a good run with the dew thread that I think I'm moving beyond the velveteen stage.

And for a camp like Bluefog, I do the leve synths, abandon it, and go back to the counter. It's not worth the anima or the chocobo time to turn it in for one synth's worth of EXP to me.

[UmJammerSully]

It is incredibly boring, slow and tedious.

The crafting "game"... let's not call it a game. The word "game' implies fun and enjoyment. I won't even use the word "activity" because you don't have to "actively" be engaged in the game to do it successfully.

imo, some sort of puzzle game should be incorporated into crafting :3

Oh snap, didn't expect so many people to agree.

When I first heard about the crafting system before the game was even released, I honestly expected a unique mini-game for each craft. What we got was beyond underwhelming.

And when I say mini-game, I don't mean the same kind of crappy multi-option text-based system we have now, I mean an actual game. People get addicted to incredibly simple puzzle games like Tetris and Bejeweled and incorporating something like that into crafting would make it far more accessible I feel.

[darkstarpoet1]

my biggest issue with the crafting system is the changes that's been made to it. too bad that wasn't one of the options

[JakeRoon]

*snore*

it should be more of a mini game, like the ones in Jak and Daxter series, where you catch fish with a net or tried to match falling button symbols in time sussession, right now it's just a snoozefest.

Kudoz to UmJammerSully for the great idea too.

[Syris]

The crafting "game"... let's not call it a game. The word "game' implies fun and enjoyment. I won't even use the word "activity" because you don't have to "actively" be engaged in the game to do it successfully.

The Crafting... "thing that people do", is so boring I feel like I'm wasting my time in the game and I should log out and do something else.

Totally agree. I think to an extent the fix for this is the overhaul in the UI.

If they can manage a nice, clean, and snappy UI with drag and drop functionality then I think the tedium which outweighs the benefit of taking part in these activity would become non-existent.

Not only would they have to overhaul to crafting UI, but the market wards too. Everything has to be responsive, organized, and clean. Well thought out Auction House, Mail systems, and Crafting systems all reflect on each other. Being a crafter also implies browsing, buying, selling, and storing goods. Crafter's need these features to support that they do.

I don't craft or gather, but just by looking at the game on the surface I can tell that crafter's are poorly facilitated.

Here's hoping for 2.0

[Syris]

Oh snap, didn't expect so many people to agree.

When I first heard about the crafting system before the game was even released, I honestly expected a unique mini-game for each craft. What we got was beyond underwhelming.

And when I say mini-game, I don't mean the same kind of crappy multi-option text-based system we have now, I mean an actual game. People get addicted to incredibly simple puzzle games like Tetris and Bejeweled and incorporating something like that into crafting would make it far more accessible I feel.

The crafting game is tedious, but I don't think fun minigames will fix the issue.

When I craft in other games I enjoy it for several reasons:

- I feel productive
- Self-reliant to some extent
- Income and opportunity
- Becoming known for my trade - which this game lacks without specialization or choice
(but I understand that the crafting design mirrors the class play design to some extent)
- Working with a network of known crafters

I don't want to see mini games pushed further (I would actually prefer to see them go), because after the one hundredth time of attempting to put together an item, I simply wont want to play a mini game any longer. To an extent I think that this approach actually compounds the issue further (mini games + bad crafting UI, bad AH design, non-existent mail systems)

So imho, keep mini games as mini games - something to do when you are bored and NOT something you HAVE to do when you want to craft.

[HiirNoivl]

Well here's the thing, if I'm bored in game I log out. I don't craft.

[Syris]

Well here's the thing, if I'm bored in game I log out. I don't craft.

Fair enough.

[Jinko]

Name Two other MMOs that have a crafting system that actually requires the User to actually craft the items.

They do not exsist.

Vanguard has a much better crafting system than XIV, and that free to play Sony MMO (free realms) has a variety of mini game crafting stuff, again which is better than XIV.

[Curly-Wurly]

i like it its so dif now..... all i have to do is spam careful instead of standard now for insane exp's.... what bothers me is this thou.. on my main i already have all crafts 50.... /cry


careful became the new standard this is a most awsome change to teh crafting system.

@50 i made some felt pants, gauntlets soem black pearl stuff and was getting well over 1k exp per synth.... when i see this i cry inside yet also think when they reais eteh cap it will be most welcome lol.... at those rates of exp who the hell needs to do leves with bonus >;p