Quote Originally Posted by Camate View Post
Hello, everyone!

I think you'll be happy to hear that the development team is currently planning other avenues to obtain Heavy Metal Plates and all the other item that are in high demand. While this will be addressed sometime after the April version update, I believe you will find that it will be easier to obtain a greater amount of these items. We'll share more information once the plans have been finalized.
While I'll reserve judgement til more details are available, any improvements are welcome and I cautiously interpret this as a sign they've realized that (in particular) empyrean weapons are disproportionately more difficult to forge. And also hopefully that they realized how suddenly and quickly they drained the upgrade rock supply with the latest update.