Suggestion: Random-proc mini-game to add optional challenge to crafting

[Tyhk]

Crafting has the opportunity to be challenging and engaging with all the different abilities. Unfortunately, it's often just a matter of figuring out a macro once and then running it while semi-afk. Rarely is there any benefit to manually crafting. It would be great if there was a way to optionally increase challenge for those that want it, without disrupting the existing crafting macros and increasing difficulty for those that don't.

My suggestion is to add an "inspiration" ability to all crafters. The ability randomly procs, maybe 1/3rd of the time. Each time the ability is used, you get an inspired stack. If you HQ the craft, each stack has a chance to provide an extra reward of some kind based on the difficulty of the item. This would add a push-your-luck mechanic to the game, as well as add optional challenge for crafters who want it as each time they get a stack they also disrupt their rotation.

Rewards could be as simple as a chance to get a materia, to getting an "artisan voucher" that could be traded in for rewards, titles, a different HQ symbol for "artisan" gear for bragging rights, etc.

[DrWho2010]

pointless. overcomplicates the system.

[Canadane]

Have you done any Expert Crafting?
You can't macro them they are far too RNG dependent and likely exactly what you describe.
The old level 80 ones for Ishgard or for the Resplendent tools are a lot easier now with level 90 gear stats, but the concept is there and will likely return when they incorporate crafting events such as some other place to restore.

Also a long time ago there were multiple levels of HQ. They've done away with that and done away with HQ base materials overall.
Calling it now, all gear will be HQ gear and NQ will cease to exist by the end of the next expansion lol

[Tyhk]

Expert crafting was kind of the idea. The issue with expert crafting is that it's a sub-system that is only used on a few crafts, that has to be maintained to stay relevant and challenging. My idea was essentially to have an optional button that lets you turn all crafts into a sort of expert craft.

[Espon]

Would be neat if expert crafting was used for more things, but I can see people getting annoyed if they wasted their materials because they got screwed by RNG and end up with a NQ item.

[Akibaws]

Have you done any Expert Crafting?
You can't macro them they are far too RNG dependent and likely exactly what you describe.
The old level 80 ones for Ishgard or for the Resplendent tools are a lot easier now with level 90 gear stats, but the concept is there and will likely return when they incorporate crafting events such as some other place to restore.

Also a long time ago there were multiple levels of HQ. They've done away with that and done away with HQ base materials overall.
Calling it now, all gear will be HQ gear and NQ will cease to exist by the end of the next expansion lol

You can macro expert crafts easily. It just depends on using potions and food in some cases.

[Jojoya]

You can macro expert crafts easily. It just depends on using potions and food in some cases.

Now we can because we have level 90 gear for the recipes that were designed for level 80 gear. It could not reliably be done when all we had was level 80 gear.

We still don't know if they're going to reintroduce Expert for level 90.