How is everyone liking the Crafting and GatheringFollow

Since I cannot play FFXIV while at work (like FFXI) crafting was what I did on my slow times. ARR has made crafting very easy and fun. What about you guys? I'm not very high in crafting levels but I do have access to Quicksynth, which is amazing. Once I had access to Basic Touch, exp was really fast and 2-4x the EXP. Here's a pic of me just using the Basic Touch 3 times, Master's Mend, Basic Touch then Basic Synth x 2 on Cotton Yarn:
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I'm really enjoying it!

I have a 15 Weaver, 10 Leatherworker, and 10 Goldsmith so far

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Edited, Aug 31st 2013 6:41pm by pufardo

I like the crafting in general. Made good progress on my Armorer and on my Blacksmith. It's easier than before on 1.0, no more time restriction is nice, however i felt if i really put in effort on the old system i could get HQ's more frequently.

The only gripe that i'm having is the basic ingredient availability. There's stuff from NPC's sure. What was it, 2 gil for copper ore, 40 or such gil for Maple Lumber, but from that point things get horrible. Then you have to purchase from players, and a single piece of Elm Lumber alone apparently goes for 900 gil on my server, and you need it to progress on Armorer/Blacksmith past some of the level 10~20 crafts.

Yeah, I see that as an issue. And farming every item means that we need to make sure our farming classes keep up with the crafting classes.

Crafting is still great fun but gathering has been dumbed down so much a 2 year old could do it, really my only complaint about gameplay so far.

I am loving DoL and DoH, currently 22 BOT, 18 WVR, 13 CRP.

I enjoy the actual crafting system (treated as if its combat). I think picking field and trade crafts that go hand in hand are important. With BOT, WVR and CRP seem to be the best fit. You can cut costs by farming your own goods (which was a nightmare in FFXI). Also, nothing better than dinging a level, switching to DoH and HQ'ing your next piece of gear!

I only switched back to Archer yesterday to get through the storyline for my retainer

It is slightly less grindy, and for now I can actually make some money off of things I level on. It's fairly fun, I have to admit that, XP from HQ turn-ins is awesome though. I have three solid complaints about the grafting/gathering though...

1) I hate having such a restriction on levequests...they seem almost required to level crafting/gathering but are also supposedly a prime source for seals? Too much, too much...give me more allowances, or make GC leves separate from regular allowances. OR just put more crafting/gathering quests in the game.

2) Quicksynth cuts down way too much XP. I don't expect it to give em the full +100-200% bonus I would get if I sat there and put effort into it, but it gives what, 30% of the BASE XP for items? That's kind've lame when I need hundreds and hundreds of iron ingots to make things that are actually good to level off of.

3) I dislike needing to be a leatherworker, botonanist, carpenter, and miner just to level Armorer....It would be one thing if certain items needed cross skills..but literally half of my goods require other materials. I tried keeping up with them until about level 15, then it just got ridiculous. I wanted to level Armorer and Blacksmith but...well...they have made DoH/DoL fulltime jobs...and I'm not too fond of that.

I dislike crafting because a lot of players are using autohotkey scripts overnight to level it up for them. All the illegitimate players will have high level crafting and it takes away from what legitmate players can do/sell.

I use the same rotation to maximize the HQ possibility (more for the EXP than the HQ) and leave 20 durability left to complete just in case I break.

Gathering is surprisingly fun for what it is. I wish there were more nodes for each level so that I'm not running to the same 3 trees over and over. I prefer to explore.
I'm enjoying crafting, but it can get tedious. I can't stand more than a few levels at a time and then I need to go outside a punch things.

Careful Synth is granted at lvl 15 WVR and can be used across all DoH. 90% Efficiency (Progress) 100% Success

I love the crafting and gathering classes almost more than I like the other jobs. In FFXI I hated crafting so much... One of the best parts about this game. I just wish I could log on to do some.... I want to try fishing but I have not and dont like they decided not to make it part of the economy... We will see on fishing though.

20 GSM (and 20 MNR) - and I actually like the interdependency of crafts - makes a more wholesome economy. I need leathers for some gorgets - market board, or a higher LTW in FC. When he needs brass ingots for his buckles, he comes to me. Win-Win.

And, I am really digging that (at least come 50), we will likely need different gear sets for crafting (feels strange just typing it!). High-Control+CP for grinding out HQ components, balanced stuff for spiritbond-farm gear, and slightly more craftsmanship for uber-level stuff (apparently it's in there!).

My biggest ***** fit is setting up 99 synths, only to come back to 10+ broken. I'd be happy if quick synth just eliminated HQ chance entirely but guaranteed success since, you know, you've done it once.