Thread: Patch 3.1: Crafting Reborn (?)

Originally Posted by Alahra

More than that, it boils down to the fact that SE hasn't really liked omnicrafting for awhile, from what I gather. They've never been good at designing recipe balance to combat it , and they took a number of steps throughout ARR to try to curb its influence (through the addition of more and more grind), but they weren't really successful because the level 50 skills were simply too good and too essential. It's likely that they never really intended for omnicrafting to be essential as it was in 2.0, but they didn't want to rock the boat outside of an expansion.

There's no indication yet that specialization will be detrimental to omni-crafters, but all of this is going to depend on player feedback. All of the current changes that have been happening (scrip lockouts, specialization) have been responses to complaints about the accessibility of crafting (including the fact that a new crafter supposedly cannot compete with an omni-crater and will be forced out of the market, which is false as I've mentioned).

This has been a concern for the developers for a while, so back in 2.4, they seemingly came to the conclusion that having all classes should be the norm. They introduced BIS multi-class gear with extra meld slots and low meld caps. Leveling was already previously sped up through leve quests as well. The idea was that each crafter would progress through each class over a course of around 2 weeks, which would temporarily give crafters with specific classes advantages in the market.

However, as a result, they also greatly increased the difficulty of crafting and even introduced crafts like the master book ii tokens, which effectively forced out crafters who had all classes, but were unable to come up with an effective strategy. Take a guess as to what kind of feedback the developers got.