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

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That's not common sense, that's confirmation bias. You've decided that since you knew hardcore crafters who no longer play, with some of them telling you that they were quitting because of the crafting changes, that all of them had to quit over crafting changes and that this normal for the majority of hardcore crafters.

Haha, you can call it whatever you want to call it. Fact remains, it’s just common sense. If a grocery store begins to sell expired or bad goods to the public, and they eventually go out of business, common sense will tell you it’s because of the expired goods you purchased and didn’t like when you last went there. “Numbers” are irrelevant if you don’t have them. Which, you likely don’t, seeing as you are a regular person that is nowhere near this grocery store company’s CEO level. All you can do is make educated guesses.

Also, over the years, I would say around 30 - 32 per server? Back then, many people were pretty serious and hardcore about crafting, not counting just the competitive ones. On each server, my friends list was probably 180+, so, I’m sure a decent percentage of that were hardcore players. (And raiders too. Mostly because they wanted someone to craft them gear to be ready for a savage patch back then,)

By the way, your guesswork and scooby-doo interrogation-esque tone shouldn’t be regarded as authority either. The one who should be the authority, is the one who knows these hardcore players in question. And better yet, is one. You’re not going to change my mind. That’s just basic knowledge.

You don't know anything about me so you probably shouldn't go there.


I'm not the one trying to push others out. Nowhere have I said that all crafting should be easy mode.

You're the one who wants to push others out.

1. You should probably, like, treat people the way you’d like to be treated if you didn’t like what I said.

2. To make hardcore only content, you have to make a barrier. It’s impossible to make it accessible to casual players. You think Harvard is just going to arbitrarily accept D and F students because you say so? No. That’s how most games actually work, anyway. They have content split between two types of players with two types of work ethic. They reward these player’s accordingly. And FFXIV shouldn’t be exempt from it. It sure as heck isn’t when it comes to raiding. So why should crafting meet that fate?

Because you’re bad at it?
Because you can’t find the time to actually do it?

Don’t be silly. Also, my intention isn’t to “push” players like you out, it’s to give hardcore players content. That’s my goal.