Quote Originally Posted by icy_ View Post
It is technically slowing down the finish of the craft, which could become problematic if doing a ton of items -- e.g. a load of some low-level potion or whatever. Trained Eye->Basic Synthesis->Ding, Ding like 30x, you end up having as many Dings as steps. It really is a tad degrading.
Should just finish Ding-less and some seconds earlier, imo. There's already the in-game message saying it's HQ. I don't even craft much, but this is annoying to me.
When omni-crafting, you're always crafting HQ gear, so the double-ding is audio clutter. I've been doing crafting in my house, but I can imagine what it sounds like when in a busy common area.

Quote Originally Posted by Tohe-Spidhire View Post
That sounds like:

System > Character > Character tab > Battle Effects Settings

It would be annoying if one were required to manually change that just to enjoy a little fishing.
I've confirmed that, by turning OFF your battle effects, you don't get the cartoony fishing queues, but you still get the double-ding crafting effects.

Frankly, and I see someone said to not harp on the developers, I can only realistically describe this as lazy coding. It is literally, "we want to save time, so don't add a customization option; just allow it to be turned off with this generic battle-related setting."

Sorry, the following must be said: Unless developers spend time to flesh out a feature by thinking about how it impacts gameplay and the user interface, the coding can only be described as "half-assed." No insult intended; that's just what it is, and not appropriate for what is supposed to be a polished MMO experience.