Quote Originally Posted by Maeka View Post
Not really an exaggeration.

Last time I tried to make a piece of equipment, I remember needing between 12-20 separate materials. I think it was a book? I needed ink, which needed three materials: some sort of mob dropped acid, some kind of special water that you had to mine, and some metal powder. Then you need leather, but the leather needs a mob drop and some kind of gathered alumen-type powder, then you needed a gem which itself needs two materials, a metal ingot which requires three materials, and then you combine all of these together... by the time you do all of this, you would have needed some 12+ materials (maybe not 20, alright, fine) and 4-5 synths before synthing the final product.

That's......a lot of work. For one single item.

I think I preferred Vanilla crafting, to be honest.
Well if you stripping a recipe back to it's pure basics then sure. You preferred vanilla crafting? Seriously?