are they fun enough that youd actually want to ru around mining every rock, fioshing in every lake and chopping every tree to level them as opposed to just guildleve turnining them up to 50 like most ppl do with crafting (i cant see crafting a job amillion time to get to 50 to be fun just gathering SOUNDS more fun in that regard at least)?
Also if there a point to leveling a gathering class for someone who has every craft at 50?
Lastly do you think the gathering system should be more fleshed out? for example take fishing for example in XIV you just cast the line wait then press x to grab it and pull it in.... in EVERY other game with a fishing minigame (FFXI included) fishing is a lot more active... you actually have to tire the fish out and some fish depending on how big/rare have erratic patterns that make them hard to tire out plus their gauge doesnt deplete as fast as others.. i.e it keeps you on your toes, then if you can successfully tire it out THEN you hit a button to pull it in. You think that would make fishing more fun in XIV?