thoughts on crafting

[pjw]

So do that.

Simply write down what it was, and then put it all back on it, with the minor revision you wanted.

Except the ML will be worse, is some cases +5 ML on the equivalent randomly generated loot, and some effects can not be crafted yet.

[Ungood]

Except the ML will be worse, is some cases +5 on the original, and some effects can not be crafted yet.

In that regard, they very well would add to the ML just for messing with the item., and it seems they do. Regardless of how you might go mucking with it.

If you want to craft it, there will be pro's and con's.

[fluffybunnywilson]

So you are complaining that you can't craft a bugged piece of equipment? I would suspect that the 'fix' you get to look forward to is them fixing that bug.

I would agree that it would be preferable to be able to craft any piece of random equipment available in-game, but they haven't even put out all of the crafting levels (reportedly top level is 150) yet, much less all the recipes, so it is possible that the penetration suffix is yet to come.

Edit: Wow, really old bug: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=117087

Why would you assume that is a bug?

It's certainly odd, but calling it a bug means that it does something that it isn't supposed to do. And neither one of us knows if that is true.

[pjw]

In that regard, they very well would add to the ML just for messing with the item., and it seems they do. Regardless of how you might go mucking with it.

If you want to craft it, there will be pro's and con's.

I'm going to guess you missed the point.

Depending on the ite, it may be 5 ML higher than the equivalent randomly generated loot. So 'building what you want' just does not work.

[MrkGrismer]

Why would you assume that is a bug?

It's certainly odd, but calling it a bug means that it does something that it isn't supposed to do. And neither one of us knows if that is true.

Because I am 70% sure it is doing something that it isn't supposed to do and it is a bug. You can choose to call it an 'undocumented feature' if you wish. This is rather similar to the Risia bug where you could get both frost and icy burst on an item, which they did fix. Obviously they don't feel the double random focus is as big of a deal since it has been occurring since at least 2007, but that doesn't mean it is not a bug.

And I already said I agree that spell penetration should be available as both a prefix and a suffix for crafting, since it is available to the randomizer as such. To further clarify my point-of-view, yes I do think that each and every prefix and suffix that is available to the randomizer should be available for crafting, and the ML should also end up being the same as it would if it was from the randomizer. Maybe even one or two lower for bound stuff.

But crafting is not even fully released yet and we can't say if some of the things currently missing are simply part of the higher level stuff and we simply need some broccoli to craft it.