Useful and meaningful crafting system

[Shriek]

Horizons had the best crafting system I've ever seen in an MMO.

Amen. It really felt like, "Here's a hammer and a mining pick. Go build a world." The apprentice tools and starter weapons were the only equippable items not made by players. Unfortunately, it lacked the diversity of WoW. Every lvl 45 2H Sword was exactly the same, barring techs (read: enchants). Until they added armor dye, every Tier IV set of plate looked like every other, and had exactly the same stats. And grinding resources was more boring and took longer than grinding faction in WoW. :blink:

But I loved being a crafter. People sought me out, once they knew what I could make, because they really needed my wares. I made equipment for my guildies that did more than just hold them over `til the next drop, it made them more powerful adventurers, more efficient crafters. I was hoping for some of that when I started my first WoW character and picked up leatherworking--I kept hoping as I ground trolls and turtles to specialize in Tribal--now I make armor kits with all my leather. :( (okay--I'm exaggerating a little...a little.)

The construction projects, like many aspects of Horizons, had a wealth of potential, but a fatal flaw, in that there wasn't much motivation to do them (excepting the unlocking of additional races). The housing and storage didn't work, and several of the bridges weren't useful due to the instant teleport system. My wife wanted, desperately, to see the bridge to Lesser Aradoth completed, but we could never convince anyone to work on it.

Oh--and you didn't want to go to the capital city there, either :P

And I'd trade an epic mount for a cargo disk, cargo armor, and road bonuses anyday :D