I personally enjoy the crafting in FFXIV ARR. I recall doing a few DoH classes in 1.0 and it was kind of painful, what with the "parts" system being unbalanced with the parts needed to make most armors and weapons requiring a higher level skill than the actual item.
In FFXIV ARR they seemed to have done away with that which I enjoy. I also like the addition of Crafting Points and the fact that when I make something really nice I feel like it was actual skill that created it, not some random number generator.
The bonus experience that is granted for crafting higher quality items is also a really nice touch, making the hundreds of bronze ingots I craft still actually worth something because I can boost their quality so high and get nearly triple experience.
In FFXIV ARR they seemed to have done away with that which I enjoy. I also like the addition of Crafting Points and the fact that when I make something really nice I feel like it was actual skill that created it, not some random number generator.
The bonus experience that is granted for crafting higher quality items is also a really nice touch, making the hundreds of bronze ingots I craft still actually worth something because I can boost their quality so high and get nearly triple experience.
