Quote Originally Posted by Yumi_umi View Post
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People would buy the crafted gear for the same reason people did prior to 3.0. Alot of the crafted gear was BiS if melded correctly. People look at ilvl and say "thats the best!" but when you really look at something like stat weights, things change. Same reason why alot of people who already had the hive weapon did not go with the eso weapon first, because when you get into theorycrafting and stat weights and how they effect your dps, things can be looked at different." Great example was the poetic chest for bards- people were gimping their dps by even having it- the ilvl 110 was better. my 2 cents

But yea they did not fix crafting with the current changes SE really needs to wake up and realize the whole system of favors, scrips and how we are completly gated by it is NOT fun but tedious and just needs a complete overhaul. The idea behind it was great IMO but the execution and final design of it completly sucks.