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Re: Boe?
Crafting armor sets is tedious. I tried to make two full sets once and spent nearly 5 hours at it. I enjoy crafting in many games, but not in Vanguard, the time invested for the reward just makes me cranky and apt to log off.
I think BoE is wrong, it was tried in beta and disliked by most (some vocal crafters kept saying it would guarantee a stead stream of customers, but that didnt happen). What would I do instead? Here is one idea - make gear wear out **like real life**.
Add a born-on tag to the database, or better yet an hour-meter. They already have something like this - as every battle generates repair costs (so its tracked somehow). As a character uses armor or weapons (that they have EQUIPPED, not things in your packs), increment the use-meter. Not just for tanks, but anyone engaging a mob. This should have a real effect, but not linear (for the first half of the item's lifetime it works fine, then begins to get worse in an accelerating fashion). Dont allow any repair, but instead have the items "break" at end of life. Keep BoE - your gear is your gear, fits you, period. Maybe allow crafters to retailor a set of armor for another person (resetting BoE and repairing, need to think about this more).
But this doesnt work without a flipside. Crafting a suit of armor should take somewhat less time than it does now, AND produce (even without rare components) something an adventurer WANTS to buy. Perhaps tier gear like this
1) Vendor NPC gear
2) Trash mob drops
3) Solo Quests
4) Crafted - regular items
5) Hard Group mobs (or long quest lines)
6) Crafted - rare components
7) Raid mob drops
8) Crafted from raid mob drop craft items
The progression needs to be managed between these, so that most players are happy with buying the regular crafted in bulk (to give crafters a market) and the drops need to be toned down (in stats or drop rate) to support that.
Well - need more ideas here, but there's one.
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