Material Variety

[KingOf7s]

Beat the game (Gamepass) and gotta say I'm kinda disappointed in the lack of stat variety for crafting materials. I had hoped to be able to (re)forge sets to have all 5* materials be the same stat bias but with only 9 different 5* mats for 16 combinations of stat bias and type it was impossible.

This is most noticeable with the Forsaken set, which gives Bonus Cold Resist but there are no 5* cold resist Carved materials, its main material type, and so has less cold res than every other set except Pathbreaker, Tamarkind, and Hearthguard when using the strongest cold res mats available. The same is true for the Tamarkind set with heat resistance instead (and Forsaken in place of itself).

I understand having 16 epic foes to give a 5* mat for each stat and type combo might be a lot of work, but there could at least be some 5* mats unique to other sources. Tempering ore in the final zone for example gives Stennic which is shared with a boss, why couldn't that be a separate Balanced Forged resource instead? Or have the boss give a Cold Resist Carved resource. Woven especially should have a Protective or Balanced resource.