[Drek]

This pretty much reduces weaponsmith from a profession to a hobby.

My crafted weapons seem unable to compete with dropped loot.

Yesterday I actually put away my newly crafted grade A tin shortsword with 9 dps cause a guildie offered one with 12 dps.
Which is no minor difference.

And what happened to the stats in parenthesis?

Pre-patch you were able to see the potential stats of the weapon, for when you reach the same level as the weapon I reckon. Whereas now you can only see what the stats are at your current level.

I had my concerns before, with the lack of effective ways to cycle items out of the market to make room for new wares, but these changes pretty much is the final straw.