Patch notes and new gear/items appear to be more of a large scale trial fix to 3.0 issues. SE can try before they buy for 3.2 crafting, raids, ect. Like or don't like parts of 3.1? Send SE your input, see if they are listening on what direction they will move forward with 3.2 and beyond. In the interviews Yoshi did, they have a soft direction going into 3.1. After 3.0 they are unsure of player feed back and most likely don't want to firm up 3.2 until they get player feed back in 3.1. If you like something, say something. If something doesn't work, explain why it is a bad system. I believe the more positive/negative feed back they receive in this patch, it will help them firm up the direction of patches in the future. If you don't think they are listening with the red scrip favors, They heard us, they nerfed it down to from the worst idea ever to a horrid grind to be hated, to 3.1 where it appears to have been nerfed all the way down. It may not look like it week one but the effect on the market will add up over time. As for the record specialist recipes, they are the next dumbest crafting idea they are working on. SE should just leave it open for all to craft. I will certainly send them my day one of patch letter, "this was and still is a dumb idea". At the same time I will be an omni specialist day one as they gave us enough warning this really bad idea was coming and we could prepare for this. Leveling alts to beat the system is not much fun and a good reason to drop the system cause you can work around it if you want.