I don't like this kind of dramatic post, but I'm a HUGE crafting fan, I call myself primarily a crafter, and in the last few days I'm losing all impetus to even get near a table in VG. Which for me translates to not really wanting to play at all, which makes me a sad panda. I had high hopes for this patch and they're currently dashed.
Here's what I've observed this morning, on my level 11 Blacksmith:
-- complications have in no wise reduced in frequency. I made several batches of ingots and sheets this morning and got no LESS than 6 complications each time. That I ended up with As is almost irrelevant - if I'm going to end up with As anyway, can't we have just a little less of the irritation and just a little more of the fun back? The ironic thing is, I get *FAR* less complications at difficult & moderate than at easy; if this is intentional I truly don't see the logic behind it.
-- either I'm doing something wrong, or suddenly I don't know how to craft anymore. I absolutely
could not reach A-grade on a low-easy work order this morning, probably because I was getting a complication every time I blinked. I can barely make C-grade moderates, B if it's low-mod and I don't get too many comps. Difficults seem to be D-grade or nothing at all, which now translates to no experience. I wasn't sure about getting experience for D-grades before, but if it's the best we can aim at then 0 x 5 xp is *not* my idea of fun.
Here's what I'd like to see, in the spirit of being constructive now that I've vented:
-- Easy WOs should be reachable as As. There should NOT be 5-10 complications each item - that's really annoying after a while. The xp should be low/very low on them and the rewards should be decent - just like it was last week.
-- Moderate WOs should be reachable as Bs depending on their relative level - on easy-mod I'd like to get lucky and reach A now and then, on high-mod I'd expect mostly Cs and Bs. XP should be decent, which it isn't right now - I'd like to at least get 1% from making a moderate WO item, given that then I'd have to make somewhere between 75-100 of them to level (counting turnin xp). I don't think this is unreasonable. Rewards - I don't know, I turned in a mixed Cs and Bs WO just now and got about 1.2s all told for my troubles. Okay, I guess. Since it was a batch I was kinda hoping for something more. *shrug*
-- Difficult WOs... we should have at least a minor chance of getting to Cs on these, else what's the point of doing them, exactly?
Okay, I'm too bitter to be constructive at the moment it seems. I'll vent this, go cool off somewhere, and come back when I'm not so peeved.
