Loot -- Be Careful of What You Wish For

[Elric of Grans]

I was horrified to discover that I was level 60 in Hell, but had to be in Inferno to craft level 60 items and collect blacksmith/jeweller instructions.

While my initial thought is "that can be fixed" what are the ripple effects of changing that? Think of it with as broad a view as you can, given that the game devs/balance team have to look through such a lens.

Even if they did change it, you are more likely to find good equipment than you are the things needed to teach the blacksmith high-level gear. EVEN THEN, he still cannot craft top-level gear, AND the odds of actually crafting something you can use at that level is absurdly against you for the enormous resource/gold cost behind it. Essentially, the Blacksmith is useless and requires a considerable redesign.