The crafting system in this game needs a patch and let me explain why and for what.
I was under the impression that a developer puts something in a game for people to use, not put all these really overly obscure restrictions on them and rendering them practically useless. People pointing to the wiki, the forum and outside places are beyond irritating and don't seem to get the simple concept that you buy a game to play and stay in it, not to spend stupendous amounts of time outside of the game, trying to get answers to things that should have been explained in the game itself with on screen instructions. Maybe those people like doing that, do but I sure as hell don't and I don't appreciate people pushing their play onto me as if I'm supposed to just accept that just because that's what they THINK people like to do.
Now that's out the way let me get into the heart of the matter.
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Let me first state that I'm level 5, with a character that has a crafting level of 3, and I've unlocked a ton of recipe's. I say that because I don't want responses referencing my crafting level or if I've already learned unlocked the recipe. My crafting level its high enough for now and I know about the recipe unlocks.
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Anyway here is the main problem with the crafting system in this game:
The only way to craft in this game is to get 2 parts of something to craft. Why That's a problem is because of the random loot system. Even the current vendor's in the game constantly have random items. So the chances of getting the exact 2 items needed to create something even if you visit every vendor in a town, is still like winning the lottery.
Here is a problem in my game that was caused by this random loot system. I literally have not been able to locate a hammer anywhere in my current game. And I don't mean I haven't looked around I mean it's like hammers don't exist in my game at all. There is no vendor that has a hammer, there aren't any on the ground anywhere or in any crate...etc.... I mean I cannot find a hammer...So I cannot upgrade my weapons/armor for that specific reason.
At least put vendors in the game that have what you need because even if you know what's needed if you cannot ever find those
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Another extremely irritating problem is this whole drag and drop system. Even If you are lucky enough to get 2 parts of something, when you have 2 correct parts (Such as food) it should be as simple as combining the items the same way you do with regular arrows right...Consistency is the problem in this section.
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So a basic tutorial for types of crafting with one example needs to be placed into the game because without even having the baseline for the type of item you want to craft, you aren't going to be able to craft anything so art least give one example people can follow.
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The final annoying problem is upgrading example is See above regarding the hammer problem I have)
Out of the 40 total hours I've played this, I haven't been able to upgrade any items because it hasn't been explained anything involved in doing so such as what's needed or how to do it, and if it has to be done in a specific place, where that place is.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah people say it's all about exploring experimenting..Blah, Blah, Blah...but the people saying that fail to get what they're saying isn't even possible without having been explained and given the baseline needed in order to be able to do the exploring and experimenting.
So when is a patch coming for this to fix this lack of being able to craft?
Last edited by tx3000; 28/07/14 10:14 PM.
