Square Enix, please think about both Casual AND Hardcore crafters..

[CookiesNCreams]

I think maybe you're worrying too early. There are no actual information on what is going to change, except that it will be easier for newbies to start crafting, and also there will be new content for avid crafters, which I would rather translate as, "expand on the crafting gameplay for the core playerbase."

I for one welcome many of the changes, especially on the UI and action bloat. I think we should all just wait for some solid information before deciding that crafting gameplay is ruined.

I mean yeah, I’ll wait until October’s Live Letter and see what’s up, but we all know it’s not going to be anything that will balance out the difficulty. I hope I’m wrong but I know deep down I’m probably right, and it sucks that we have gotten to a point where I have to admit that.

[Jojoya]

I mean yeah, I’ll wait until October’s Live Letter and see what’s up, but we all know it’s not going to be anything that will balance out the difficulty. I hope I’m wrong but I know deep down I’m probably right, and it sucks that we have gotten to a point where I have to admit that.

I don't expect the difficulty to occur in normal crafting. They want it to be accessible to everyone with an interest.

The difficulty should come with whatever challenge they're creating for the Ishgard reconstruction leaderboards. They did tell us that it was going to be the end game for crafting and gathering that players have been requesting. It would be pointless to have those leaderboards based off turn ins, which would clearly favor the botters. But we'll have to wait and see just what it is they've created for us.