Balmung finished their stockpile before the morning was over the very first day. And Brynhildr, which is a middling server, is set to finish before many people ever get out of work the first day.
It's obvious that there's a hunger for thoughtful, rewarding crafting content. As an endgame omnicrafter, I spend most of my time grinding for yellow and white scrip so I can overmeld my gear. So that I can HQ things to sell, if I spent time looking for categories on the MB that need HQ things to sell. I also make things for friends, but a lot of stuff is one and done. And endgame foods don't seem to be that much in demand.
With the crafting changes and getting 10+ levels out of a single leve, I'm not sure what SE is trying to do with crafting. If everyone is a high level crafter, that will mean I'll mostly be making stuff just for myself, and as a player who is here for community, this is a bit of a motivation-killer. Combat classes have to play together to do anything--though the trust system takes a bit of this away--but crafters interact by doing things for others.
I hope that SE is doing something with Ishgard Restoration to make it more than just a single match of interaction every several weeks.
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It's obvious that there's a hunger for thoughtful, rewarding crafting content. As an endgame omnicrafter, I spend most of my time grinding for yellow and white scrip so I can overmeld my gear. So that I can HQ things to sell, if I spent time looking for categories on the MB that need HQ things to sell. I also make things for friends, but a lot of stuff is one and done. And endgame foods don't seem to be that much in demand.
With the crafting changes and getting 10+ levels out of a single leve, I'm not sure what SE is trying to do with crafting. If everyone is a high level crafter, that will mean I'll mostly be making stuff just for myself, and as a player who is here for community, this is a bit of a motivation-killer. Combat classes have to play together to do anything--though the trust system takes a bit of this away--but crafters interact by doing things for others.
I hope that SE is doing something with Ishgard Restoration to make it more than just a single match of interaction every several weeks.
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