Crafting is Terrible

[Philip Fry]

Way too many perks and crafting is unpredictable. Spent 250k and got 50k worth of legendary items in return that I can't use. I have 200 in every trade skill and after 1200 hours of game play I am done. I am tired of gambling my time away in this game.

[Kilsubub]

Yep sell all your mats to junkies that gamble on the lottery.

[Boots]

Yes, crafting lacks focus it just a mass production effort.

[Tzunny]

The crafting is bad on the RNG lottery element of it, but otherwise the crafting system in NW is the best ever in gaming history.
That is why the game have that bs "luck status", if want a higher chance at getting better results the players need to use trophies, specific gear & other game elements that give you higher luck status. YT is full of tutorials about this, in case that at ur 1k+ hours do not have this sorted yet.
Crafting. as many other core elements of this game, need a rework (un-officially the game is in Early Access state, with many missions still bugged for months & an endless list of bugs that invaded the game with the last expansion update and never been addressed months later).
I would start with removing the LUCK & RNG LOTTERY elements from the game completely. This is not Lost Ark but sadly the AG devs got inspired by that bots gacha game.

[Kembal]

Don`t rushin in crafting and gathering ♥♥♥♥...that thing makes you quit the game.Hang around and let things go by them selfs whitaut rushing.This ive said to my friends when we started here..both of them did exactly what u do and quit.They dragged me in lost ark with them and did again same ♥♥♥♥ and left from there too...They were rushing to donate and craft etc..i chilled in pvp arena,they gone because they tried to rush too much, i dont rush anithing.This games are made to be long term games,easy to get fustrated in it if you rush like you did for example...

[CirceTheSiren]

you should better have crafted anything that cant be sold after your are running out of available storage so you should alwaws collect and store until needed so crafting must not be expensive if made at slowly pace very much later.

[Machika]

I think the reagents need to be one only not many and have to buy a converter to upgrade to next rank. They should just convert lower to higher at like 4-1. Don't need to go through that hassle.

[Philip Fry]

If you have all the required trophies and food it should be a guaranteed legendary. As it is now you have 1 in 10 chance at a legendary item with said items. And then you have to contend with getting pve perks on a pvp item or vice versa. So in the end, you end up with junk most of the time. I hate gambling and I don't do it in real life because it disgusts me if I lose money. The same goes for my time being wasted in a MMO. A terrible MMO can really effect your mental health as it so immersive and time consuming.

[Grandizer]

I was really disappointed the crafting wasn't used while leveling and that so much crafting/gathering xp is given to the character so you start out leveling content. I thought it was going to be like LoTRO, you can craft for your level and use it for quite a few levels and also obtain recipes from drops and vendors with the stats you want for all your characters. Have a guardian, then you can craft Vit,Str, etc.

I started crafting and i'm at lvl 32 and haven't gotten out of Everfall yet. Gear score and damage in low 200s at lvl 50 while drops I get are way higher in damage and have decent stats. Crafting tons of common potions and wasting money and time just so I can get to 50+ and in the meantime, leveling myself so fast the zone mob levels are way lower as I get to them.

Gonna just ditch crafting for now.

[Crunktanium]

Never played FFXIV I take it? Stats may not be RNG like here. But crafted gear is near worthless and it's only worth the investment for a handful of max level items.

I have maxed crafting in like a dozen MMO's and this one is actually not that bad. The worst system ever was Lineage 2 in which you would slot items with crystals. And to get enough crystals you were pretty much forced to buy in bulk with gold you botted yourself to get or purchased from gold sellers. Then each level of item improvement had a chance of destroying the item entirely giving you a mere hand full of crystals. Rinse and repeat to the point most people just bought gold and paid a small fortune to someone who invested money and time to max items already. Trust me this is a far better system than some which forced players to buy gold and max crafting just to make a random trinket that was actually worth using.

[gladiOlus]

i farmed all skills to 200 then never crafted one single item. everything is bought from market.

[Philip Fry]

Originally posted by Crunktanium:

Never played FFXIV I take it? Stats may not be RNG like here. But crafted gear is near worthless and it's only worth the investment for a handful of max level items.

I have maxed crafting in like a dozen MMO's and this one is actually not that bad. The worst system ever was Lineage 2 in which you would slot items with crystals. And to get enough crystals you were pretty much forced to buy in bulk with gold you botted yourself to get or purchased from gold sellers. Then each level of item improvement had a chance of destroying the item entirely giving you a mere hand full of crystals. Rinse and repeat to the point most people just bought gold and paid a small fortune to someone who invested money and time to max items already. Trust me this is a far better system than some which forced players to buy gold and max crafting just to make a random trinket that was actually worth using.

I suppose you never played Ultima online back in the day. It's crafting system was way harder than any game you have ever played. You are comparing apples to oranges. No game is exactly a like. Its easy getting to 200 in new world, its harder creating useful gear. And for that reason in new world buying gold is also common because its cheaper than earning it the hard way and that is why new world has so many automated bots farming.

[AllenCecil]

Don't slam the door on your way out.

[Tzunny]

Originally posted by Crunktanium:

Never played FFXIV I take it? Stats may not be RNG like here. But crafted gear is near worthless and it's only worth the investment for a handful of max level items.

I have maxed crafting in like a dozen MMO's and this one is actually not that bad. The worst system ever was Lineage 2 in which you would slot items with crystals. And to get enough crystals you were pretty much forced to buy in bulk with gold you botted yourself to get or purchased from gold sellers. Then each level of item improvement had a chance of destroying the item entirely giving you a mere hand full of crystals. Rinse and repeat to the point most people just bought gold and paid a small fortune to someone who invested money and time to max items already. Trust me this is a far better system than some which forced players to buy gold and max crafting just to make a random trinket that was actually worth using.

Geez why have to dig graves i gave up on L2 as a main reason of that, totally unfun, to bad was a fine game overall.

[Swiftbear]

Originally posted by Matata:

but otherwise the crafting system in NW is the best ever in gaming history.

You must not have been around for Star Wars Galaxies. I would say that was the best, but this is all subjective I know...

[Tzunny]

Originally posted by Swiftbear:

Originally posted by Matata:

but otherwise the crafting system in NW is the best ever in gaming history.

You must not have been around for Star Wars Galaxies. I would say that was the best, but this is all subjective I know...

Tbh i never played that game & never seen anyone playing it, guess it wasn't so good & popular in other parts then.