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

[Maeka]

I believe most can agree crafting isn't for everybody. But OP suggestions aren't terrible and not elitist at all to me.

Her suggestions aren't elitist, but she sure pulls the "HOW DARE YOU FILTHY PLEB!" attitude with a number of people in this thread, to the point I've been tempted to report her for her hostile tone.

Anybody who disagrees with her is "hostile" to her, but yet she can look down her nose at us, and wave her epeen around, "LOOK AT ME I MAKE ONE BILLION GIL A MONTH AND I HAVE 10 RETAINERS AND I GOT MULTIPLE OMNICRAFTER ACCOUNTS, DO YOU HAVE THAT!?!??

That is extremely toxic and hostile behavior and it doesn't belong on the forums, nor in-game.

As for crafting "isn't for everybody" ... the only reason why it wasn't, was because of how absurd it got. After 5.1, however, crafting is much more accessible to many more players.

I, myself said that the suggestion of having a small niche hardcore crafting area is fine, but I didn't like her attitude. You want a few glams or some other kind of aesthetic that's hardcore as frick? Fine. Just like the special snowflakes can have their Ultimate Ballads and Savage Raids.

I'm fine with that. Those do not impact me until or unless I get some elitist looking down their nose at me like my $14.95 is worth less than theirs because I don't do said content myself.

EDIT: Also it is hilarious that SHE HERSELF admits that it is impossible to make Skill-Based crafting. She wants "hardcore" crafting, but yet admits that this "hardcore" crafting would not be hardcore because it takes skill. Basically, she just wants a grindfest so atrocious that 99% of the playerbase can't handle it, but yet she can, so she can stay at the top of the list because she would already be going into it with a massive stack of gil and maxed out crafters.

She wants to self-validate the time she spent getting all that gil and those crafters up. She took it upon herself to take on a ridiculous project that goes far above and beyond what Yoshi-P designed for the game and wants special content tailored just for her.

It's self-entitlement to 11.

EDIT2: I'll give you an example from my own point of view. I have 9,500 venture coins. I have this silly and stupid goal of maxing out at 65,000 venture coins. What if, I took to the forums, whining that I want special shinies that take 10,000 venture coins to buy, because I have nothing to spend venture coins on other than the 8 per day I spend on my retainers?

It would be just as stupid of an argument.