Crafting Timers Reminder

[Grimdian]

@Dhusk

I believe the original reason that James wanted long craft times is because it incentivizes joining the economy.

I thought it was for balancing reasons too, but nope:

CRAZY IDEA : Crafting time & solutions

This isn’t true. It has nothing to do with cubits. Crafting timers exist because the designer who originally created the crafting hierarchy enjoyed scheduling their activities in game. They got a kick out of being efficient and planning what they would require, and then organised their activities and time. For example: gather base resources, start something crafting, do something else, come back when crafting is done, start crafting something else, go build, realise that they would need some …

Anything that isn’t me playing (and enjoying) the game is just bad game design in my book.

edit: To clarify: If I want to build, I want to build and not schedule my time around ludicrous crafting times and “do something else” (actual quote from one of the tips, if I recall correctly) while waiting. But that’s just me