Crafting is a mixed bag. Things like scrolls are very easy to find stuff for and make, though it takes a million steps to set up. You can improve a weapon or armor at all times but one of the rarest ingredients in the game is sinew. I found like 5 sinew in a whole play through. That makes improving a bow almost impossible. This was somewhat addressed in one of the patches, but it still wasn't found on creatures until 7th or 8th level, which is 3/5 through the game. Crafting recipes are found in books, although not nearly all of them.
Also, crafting "should" be about making an item with the exact effects you want. That isn't how they went about it. Instead of being able to make a fireball scroll, you can make some type of fire scroll, perhaps a spell you can cast at will. You can make a magic staff, but can't decide what effect (water, earth, fire) it will have, it's random.
There were a lot of idiotic decisions around crafting, yet it is still fun in spite of those.
Last edited by crpgnut; 20/06/14 08:48 PM.
