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

[Aurida]

You should stop treating hardcore players like they are some upper class, super secretive, super hateful, super snobby group of people that want everything to themselves.

Yes, quite, hence why this post has now reached 400+ replies, most of them arguing for content that the average layman cannot approach.

Casuals and hardcores deserve content. By that, I mean, there should be a bubble for casuals....and a bubble for hardcores. Stop trying to lump them together in the same bubble. That’s ridiculous.

Exactly what we needed as part of Ishgard content. Class war PvP.

Well, you are very correct about two things in particular- both that we can never see one another's viewpoint, and that we shall see what happens come 5.2. Personally I'm hoping that it indeed is something that actually forces me to pick up Manipulation on my crafting classes so I don't have to keep writing my own macros that don't use it just because I'm too lazy to do the class quests but keep succeeding at crafting anyway.