My thinking about Alex normal/savage. Issue IMHO inside

[Sapphic]

You never played EQ2.

Off topic. Vanguard crafting was pretty cool. But my favorite was SWG pre CU. Even the resources had different stats that randomised every fortnight. Different values of the stats affected different outcomes of the finished item. Add in expermintation to improve certain aspects made it extremely open. Found an awesome comnination of experimentation and resources? make a blue print and mass produce in a player made factory.

All loot (pretty much) was crafted and did decay to broken so had to replace which kept the market open, plus you found you're favorite crafters and stayed with them.

I used to buy armor by the crateload XD High kinetic resist crafted armor for PvE, high stun resist for PvP.

Oh and I remember launchday crafting in EQ2. watching the botters die in the forge never got old. Then again I remember spending a few hours grinding XP in Fallen Gate and having to walk to Freeport because I was overloaded with copper coins XD