Quote Originally Posted by Amsai View Post
I don't beleive this at all. Crafters will always be relevant. If nothing else that new materia system the devs were talking about will ensure that. Understand, I am not trying to hurt the crafters, I just want a more fun and streamlined and convenient process as a non-crafter. I don't mind going to crafters. In fact I'd like to help out crafters in my LS as much as possible, but sometimes you need a quick solution when no LS mates are around or if your not in Uldah.

Then I give you credit where credit is due Cairdeas. Really awesome idea too btw. Could you provide a link or flesh it out more for us all to see? Thanks in advance.



I won't say they arent much more convenient, then they were at the begining. However, as I said before, there is always room for improvement. The less steps there are and the more streamlined it is the better. As I said before, having to unequip armor, when you don't have to for the NPC is very annoying and unnecessary. It makes me choose the NPC hands down when I'm in a hurry. So lets not act like there arent too many steps that offput people, because there clearly are. On the other hand, if we had repair kits, I'd likely never use the NPC, because then I would be able to repair instantly through the use of an item without unequiping gear, and remain in the field without the inconvenience of going back to town.
in line with "repair kits" the only way i wouldnt mind seeing them is if they did the following

1) were not generalized, make them specific ie: canvas fent repair kit, iron rivet repair kit.
2) made them so that they could still fail. But change the factors of failing the repair. Make them based on optimal rank vs if your the right class and so on and so forth. So a conj wearing heavy armor 20 ranks above his level would have one hell of a time getting that repair to work(lets face facts he shouldnt have been wearing it anyway)


there are ways to make them work, but dont make them super easy end all way to cut out the need to get repairs at all like im sure some people are wanting