Quote Originally Posted by Lecru View Post
As the title states. Crafting needs to actually rely on the buttons and Condition again. Just like how Expert Crafts for Firmament were when competing. At current, Condition is useless and does nothing for the state of crafting. We have skills that are based off what Condition you currently have. But everyone just melds to a point that they Macro Craft base mats, then macro craft the final product. Not only would this breathe new life into the Crafting side of the game. But it would also stop third party users and bots from clogging the MB because they are never logged out and crafting 24/7. Otherwise without these changes, they might as well take Condition out (Which the way they keep dumbing things down with every new patch it seems, this might just become a thing. Which I hope it doesn't). The last time I actually had fun with crafting was during Firmament Competition to get my title against everyone else. It made you pay attention to what you were doing and actually KNOW what you were doing.
Don’t bother trying to ask for Harder crafting here. You’ll just get hit with “crafting was never hard” or “you just want it to be exclusive to elitists” or “I don’t have time for that” over and over again. This community has a sort of hatred/intolerance for people who actually prefer crafting to require more effort and thinking power. Here, Reddit, other forums of ffxiv, they literally all have the same insecurity and hatred towards it. When really it’s just a projection of them being afraid of crafting going back to how it used to be in Heavensward and A realm reborn. Where you basically could not mindlessly spam a macro to get the job done, you actually had to spend 2-3 minutes a craft…which also made things more pricey but it was worth it.

Trust me, I want more intuitive crafting but this community will always project their insecurities about it, hate it, and just play it off as “it was never hard” or “it’s tedious” when in reality, it actually used to be very time consuming, that’s what *made* it hard. So just don’t bother with these people, it won’t go anywhere.