The future of crafting and gathering

[maelor]

I'm going to try and keep this to the point. I was hoping crafting/gathering for 3.0 onward would have a more active role in crafting (remember most gathering is to supply crafting) end game, top tier gear. It bugs me that I can craft good stuff up to about ilv 160, but then if I want the best gear possible, I just go fight and raid to get it for some sort of currency. I do like the raid gear, and how its obtained, I just wish there was an alternate path where you run coil, or tower, or whatever, you get mats, and you CRAFT gear that is comparable to the best gear that exists. This would make gathering and crafting ultimately serve a true purpose. Right now crafting is not needed, its just something you can do if you choose. I want crafting/gathering to actually be needed to progress through the game. I'm not talking the most difficult crafts. Just fairly challenging ones that require end game raid mats or something. Right now crafting serves almost no purpose, and it makes me sad.

[lordoftheapes79]

Read patch notes then wait 2 more weeks.

[TThibi]

The future of crafting and gathering... is still being written and sad to say you or no other crafter or gatherer will be involved in it's planning or implementation. The only thing you can do is work your gathering till it can't go any higher, craft items because yeah there's no decently priced gear on AH, and pray yes Pray that SE see's reason and opens a more viable personal housing option up which will create obscene demand for housing furnishings. We're in 3.0 and still have more decimals to go before expansion 3 so buckle up and stop thinking ahead.

[maelor]

Read patch notes then wait 2 more weeks.

I read the patch notes almost as soon as they were available, what is it you're referring to? I mean with alexander and alexander savage offering i190 gear (and probably higher in savage) what will crafting do that can compete with that? I didn't see anything in the notes stating that there will be new recipes for really useful gear but if you know something I don't please enlighten me..... I really REALLY want to be wrong on this post :-D

[Sessurea]

Se are phasing out the viability of crafted gear in raids. Full penta melded 110 gear raped fcob much earlier than expected, and se don't want a repeat of this.

[Chihaya]

glamour is end game

[maelor]

The future of crafting and gathering... is still being written and sad to say you or no other crafter or gatherer will be involved in it's planning or implementation. The only thing you can do is work your gathering till it can't go any higher, craft items because yeah there's no decently priced gear on AH, and pray yes Pray that SE see's reason and opens a more viable personal housing option up which will create obscene demand for housing furnishings. We're in 3.0 and still have more decimals to go before expansion 3 so buckle up and stop thinking ahead.

This a 2 parter... too much text...

PART 1: I understand its all still growing but this has been an issue basically since 2.0. You can craft stuff, but as far as crafted gear and weapons none of it is really worth it. It takes more time and even if you HQ the best thing that you can make it is still usually trumped almost immediately by raid or high dungeon gear.

[maelor]

PART 2: Look... it can be difficult to get a feel for a person's tone through text on a screen, so let me make it clear, I'm not typing this to be in a complain complain complain tone, I love xiv! I just wish crafting served a bit more of a purpose is all. I leveled almost all my crafters to 50 in ARR, started improving my crafting gear with melding and what not, and when I got pretty good, I found I had no purpose to craft anything other than for some glamours ever again... the tower and tome gear was easier to get and better than anything that could be crafted. So I just kinda feel like crafting is something of a novelty, and is not actually useful.

[StouterTaru]

Give it time. The level cap was raised less than three weeks ago, this is still the level up to cap and get easy gear phase.

[maelor]

Give it time. The level cap was raised less than three weeks ago, this is still the level up to cap and get easy gear phase.

I hope you're right!