06-15-2003, 06:41 PM
Problem with the crafts in the beta was that all rare affixes were available including Cruel
That, I think, is the reason crafts and rares are such second class citizens these days - they discovered it was over-powered after they had released it as "we think this is it" and then had to crack the problem with a sledgehammer
They made many of the best mods magic only and, I think, went too far
Crafts got further nerfed after a few of us described our Safety builds in 1.08. That was about a month before 1.09 and as a result (I think) the greater craft recipes, mdr and even the pre-sets on the lesser recipes were all nerfed. Too much so I think
Foxbat has mentioned a couple of times that Blizzard don't seem to have the min/maxing headspace that many of the players do. It's a shame because I think it would be a much better game now had they anticipated earlier that people might craft a safety item for each slot on the body or that cruel + automods, including an ed% one + other random affixes made a very powerful weapon
And to me those things seem very obvious, although hindsight is always 20/20 ;)
That, I think, is the reason crafts and rares are such second class citizens these days - they discovered it was over-powered after they had released it as "we think this is it" and then had to crack the problem with a sledgehammer
They made many of the best mods magic only and, I think, went too far
Crafts got further nerfed after a few of us described our Safety builds in 1.08. That was about a month before 1.09 and as a result (I think) the greater craft recipes, mdr and even the pre-sets on the lesser recipes were all nerfed. Too much so I think
Foxbat has mentioned a couple of times that Blizzard don't seem to have the min/maxing headspace that many of the players do. It's a shame because I think it would be a much better game now had they anticipated earlier that people might craft a safety item for each slot on the body or that cruel + automods, including an ed% one + other random affixes made a very powerful weapon
And to me those things seem very obvious, although hindsight is always 20/20 ;)