123186-weaponsmithing-is-dead-add-weapon-flair

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Now that you can farm for a few hours and get an 1800 weapon, sinking 2 months worth of data fragments into crafting level 4 weaponsmith gear seems really stupid. Even the Archivos weapons are overpriced now. So instead of just going ahead and removing weaponsmithing from the game, let's add weapon flair that only weaponsmiths can craft. It's the only item you can't customize currently and I can never match my outfit.
 
So devs, go ahead and get started on it and feel free to credit me in the patch notes when it's complete.	
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So devs, go ahead and get started on it and feel free to credit me in the patch notes when it's complete.
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I don't think weaponsmithing is dead as I still make weapons for folks, however the data fragment time gating really does (and did) need to go.  I am hopeful that crafting will receive it's own special retuning drop.  Weaponsmithing in particular could use a little pruning in the Adventus category (why levels 2-4 when Archivos is available?) and indeed, the material effort and result are not in balance.  
 
However that's what MMOs are, a perennial effort of retune and balance.  So stay tuned.	
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I don't think weaponsmithing is dead as I still make weapons for folks, however the data fragment time gating really does (and did) need to go.  
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Honestly, as someone with 6 crafters, the worst part is not gathering data frags (I literally have over 40 on some characters that still need to research) it's the voucher farming. I can't keep up on the amount of materials (and coin) needed for the crafts to do work orders every day, without spending hours a day farming outside of it.
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