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Originally Posted by Ysharros
That said, there has nonetheless been a weird "drop in fun" in the last week or so and I'd like to figure out why. I love being challenged, but I absolutely hate feeling I'm being persecuted by a random number generator - the sooner I can find out this isn't the case (and take steps to smack it back), the happier I'll be.
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My 'non-fun' actually stems from a couple of things. The first and foremost is that I'm a perfectionist and I hate 'settling' for C grade items when I WANT to make A grade. Knowing that I don't have a chance in hell to do that, makes me resigned. The second problem I have is just rotten luck. In the rare occasions when I'm on the road to a B item, I get a complication right at the end that kills it to a C grade (my monitor pales when that happens. I think sailors have cleaner mouths). And lastly, moderate WO's make me feel just vastly incompetant. Like I say, I cannot seem to get even C grades recently. I like challenges, but when not when the deck is stacked.
I feel that the difference between Easy and Moderate WO's is just too much. They need to increase the amount our skills play in Moderate WO's to balance it. I seriously think that'll make it a much more enjoyable experience.
As for a 'zillion' complications. That's not really true. I did keep track and I get only 2~3 complications on moderates. More on easy, but...they're easy
Oh, lastly...one thing I noticed is that the complications fudge the truth. They display a 'base' action cost. This throws the predictive gambling out the window since you cannot guess how many action point it'll really take. I've seen many, many, MANY, complications take more action points than the base. I would LOVE for the tooltips to correctly display the amount of action points so that we're not left in the dark.
Sorry for the ramble. I love crafting and I still do it. I'm an avid crafter. I just hate getting frustrated by a video game.