A little worried here. Hopefully Madfloyd wasn't just talking out of his ass about halting the crafting changes.

Why...



...does that give me an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach?  Why does that read like...

Since the crafting changes were so unpopular we are going to skip adding them to Lam and instead we shall just ram it down your throat till you shit rainbows.

...this to me?

That assumes that it's their decision which I doubt that it is.

Happy fun-time angry music. Now with more nsfw head-splodie bits. Ah well, it got me looking at some nice amvs again, so there's that.

A patch is going live tomorrow that includes changes to crafting. Some of these changes are simply conveniences (recipes can now pull ingredients out of bags, device animations have been sped up, etc), but there are also a fair number of recipe changes.

The release notes will have more details about the patch, but here is an early look at the types of changes you're going to see in the crafting devices:

    All of the regular Bane & Greater Bane recipes, as well as well as recipes for several of the other more powerful effects in game, have been updated. The changes involve swapping ingredients or adding in additional ones.
        Some of the additional ingredients are new. One is called the 'Purified Eberron Dragonshard Fragment' and can be obtained from the crafting vendor in exchange for various precious items and others are specific to certain regions of the game.
        Other ingredient additions include Soul Gems, potions from favor reward vendors, and various slayer arrows found in treasure throughout the game.
    Named raid loot will not be used as one of the new ingredient types - it is not our intention to use named raid loot as a part of the cannith crafting so that crafting remains accessible to a variety of players.

Many of these recipes, when combined with other effects available in crafting can result in extremely powerful items that approach raid loot. All in all this is a good thing; after all, crafting is a fair alternative to raiding. We just want to ensure that there's a sense of balance between the various routes. We were concerned that some of these items may be too easy to create once you attained the required crafting level and we didn't want to upset the equilibrium of the game. We would rather proceed cautiously.

That said, we would like your feedback on these changes and the overall balance of crafting. Just because something is on the live servers doesn't mean it is set in stone at this point; crafting is still in 'beta' for this reason and we expect to make further balance changes.

I will stress that constructive feedback is helpful; rage/quit/conspiracy theories are not. We get that many of you are very passionate about the game and we deeply appreciate that, but please continue to make sure your feedback is actionable and constructive. We're looking forward to a continued dialog with our players about crafting, and encourage you to check out the changes in the patch and share your feedback.