crafting is gone

[CookiesNCreams]

Was... this the cause?

Probably lol

[iAxX23]

the mad m̶a̶n̶ ma'am

[CookiesNCreams]

Our hero has returned, and isn’t banned!! Miqote girls must be blessed by God...

[Vahlnir]

Our hero has returned, and isn’t banned!!

The day is far from over.

[Gula]

I care little for crafting being "hardcore", if I want that savage content exists and gives better gear than what can be crafted anyway.
Crafting had too many barriers to entry anyway, something that only benefits the people already at the top.
Of course THOSE people hate any change to it for ease of access.

Me before the patch: Drake turning away
Me after the patch: Drake approves

I'm happy I can deliver to my dear Kai Shirr and try my hand at things that came off as rocket science before.

[rosythorns4]

Crazy thing is, you didn't do it then, you're most likely not going to do it now, so quit throwing up straw men. What has been done to crafting, for lower levels, is a massive addition of training wheels, while higher end crafting is absolutely terrible as a result. What was possible to finish before for lower stats, is near impossible to even hq without full hq mats now. But yeah, continually stating you didn't have the motivation before to do something so simple is going to prove how you have the drive to do it now... so sure, yeah, Kai-Shirr is the difference, and not Zhloe, not M'naago, not Kurenai, or even Adkiragh, not the tremendously easy Ixal questline, or the even easier Moogle or Namazu options.

Funniest part is, pre 50, nothing's honestly changed, aside from a loss of steady hand, piece by piece, and comfort zone, so enjoy having less usable cp, longer crafts, with less quality increase success and efficiency, I guess? You really showed the omnicrafters...

[hydralus]

while higher end crafting is absolutely terrible as a result. What was possible to finish before for lower stats, is near impossible to even hq without full hq mats now.

I'm pretty sure I'm not running an efficient macro but I'm able to do the new facet gear with 3/8 materials being HQ with 2284 craft/2050 control and 541 CP + blood bouillabaisse in 21 steps. As I and other crafters get geared up to the next level, it'll be even cheaper/easier.

Hell at least it's not like some of those Heavensward macros with 45+ steps.

[Theodric]

I quite like the changes to crafting and gathering. My suspicion is that both are being made 'easier' because more content is going to involve them in the future.

[Selova]

I'm convinced that the changes to crafting and especially the insane exp buff to crafting/gathering leves is at least partially SE wanting more people to get to endgame crafting for the Restoration of Ishgard.

[Ryaz]

I'm pretty sure I'm not running an efficient macro but I'm able to do the new facet gear with 3/8 materials being HQ with 2284 craft/2050 control and 541 CP + blood bouillabaisse in 21 steps. As I and other crafters get geared up to the next level, it'll be even cheaper/easier.

Hell at least it's not like some of those Heavensward macros with 45+ steps.

Exactly. I had two crafts where I didn't hit 100% (74% and 86% on my facet coat and pants, which thankfully HQed). After that, I've been able to HQ most things without issue with a few HQ mats. Once I got full facet gear, minus the main hand, I can 100% HQ things like Pliabe Glass Thread from normal mats without a proc. I've got 625 cp with food and tea as a specialist, and again, this is without the main hand tool upgrade. End game crafting hasn't changed much (yet).