There is literally no point to crafting if you couldn’t buy your way to the top.
this screws up the economy as well
ffs please for the love of god reconsider the 2022 armor sync
the gypsum update would be perfectly serviceable without that garbage.
This is insane. I spent a lot of hours to drop legendary itens, and up my Engineering, and to drop Void ore, etc, etc, and now all that effort goes to waste. Only those who grew the HWM will benefit?
This is very unfair, I understand the idea behind it, but you need to think better before punishing so many players.
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The Light Level grind is the same reason I stopped playing Destiny.
the second part of that is that there is LESS reason to want to craft now. yes you can make basically BIS sets but the grind and extra mats to try and roll that was usually offset by dumping cheaper slightly less effect sets on the market.
those sets are used by people that are working on gear score them selves. if those people working on gear score cant use those them there is no point in selling them.
Whatever your watermark/expertise is, is the most your gear can give you, regardless of the gears potency. Example: you buy/craft 600 gear, but your watermark/expertise is 505, your 600 gear will only give you the effectiveness of the 505 gear until you raise your watermark to 600.
Funny thing is, I know a lot these people crying about the changes, are the ones that were running past my group, as we were clearing the elite zones, and jacking all the nodes.
Now they are upset that the items they crafted with mats, they basically stole aren’t going to benefit them anymore until the actually play the game.
Yes, forcing the entire player base into an asinine mechanic of mindlessly doing the same thing over and over (so lame and broken that it is being changed) or they will lose what they now have when many are already fighting to stay interested in the game is not a good move on a company that has been hemorrhaging players for months.
I have 101k and I didn’t buy it… You really shouldn’t bother with conjecture… People in populated servers spam OPR and invasions. 360g for a 20 min OPR, 630g per invasion.
You do 10 OPR and 3 invasions thats that’s 5,500g in a single night sitting in town… Not counting possible sales from drops and legendary crafting mats… In just 2 weeks of doing this level of casual play thats 76,860 coin…
So no, I dont think these people bought the gold and you are a fool if you think that… Stick to the facts and not your perception…
I literally have been selling runic leather + asmodeum + phoenix weave to a couple of friends who wanted max level gear so they could craft it in the last few days, in portions bc it takes them time to farm gold… They have made me over 23k in the last 2 nights and come this patch amazon will take all that away from them… It’s sad these are great pvpers too… they will be missed come this patch…
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At least they aren’t releasing the expertise’s effectiveness on gear (which will be released early 2022) with this update. That will make it so that a majority of the changes are potentially positive and I’ll reserve further judgement on the system until that release.
The content of the update sounds like it might be fun though. Kinda looking forward to something different to do for a bit.
viodbent I spent the last 6 weeks building up mats/gld to get and finally got the last piece yesterday. Now it’s crap, my gearscore is shit and so now is my gear. I even spent real money on a dye to make it look good. Uninstalling this piece of shit right now.
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You are lucky you only dealt with voidbent…guaranteed stats and perks… guaranteed 600 GS… At least voidbent wearer will get its full potential when you reach the watermark… It isn’t right by any means but voidbent still stands as the best investment with these changes.
As an example, I’ve been trying to make a close to 600 GS Infused Robe Silk Hat for my wizard build with INT and Fireball damage… I have spent over 50k on this hat and I still cannot get a good roll. I have multiple 580-600 pieces and they don’t roll with full INT or have some F’d perk… I have ran out of fireball charms on the entire server lmao…
you got till early 2022 to do the water mark grind.
its super lame but it is what it is for now.
Honestly for me if doing OPR and corruption portals to get gear and increase watermark were effective then that would be awesome! But the fact that you have to farm elite zones mindlessly with zergs of people just isn’t enjoyable…if the gypsum system isn’t worthwhile then this is gonna be a really unfortunate change especially because they are lowering your chance of an increased watermark from overland monsters and chests…
Correct me, if I’m mistaken: lets say you’re an armorcrafter, you need to level up to 200 skill level, you need to pay taxes for 3 houses to have 3 expensive trophies, you need gold for epic materials or additional time investment for your refining skills and farm, you need armorer set and trinket with special perk, you need special food and will be good if you will have settlement buff. I don’t wanna speak about your efforts to have all that, but, lets say we have all mentioned before. With that we can craft 600gs armor, however we can choose one perk or attributes.
And now our armorcrafter guy will need to waste more time to grind, because even if he will finally roll good 600gs armor, it can be same power as 500gs armor, because of this new expertise system.
Did I miss something?
P.S. Congratulations! 
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yeah, you missed the fact that players who already have hwm gear will still be purchasing player made items if its good gear…the random drops dont always have the right perks, stats etc…this change doesnt diminish your crafted items, it just makes them more powerful to players who grinded out the associated expertise.
for example, most players dont have high jewelry level but would still want the best neck, ring, ear ring with the right perks r luck etc. as they level up their expertise with the specific jewelry chests, that 600 gs item just keeps getting more valuable and eventually unlocks its full potential.
You did not miss anything my friend, that is exactly how it is that THAT is exactly the dude that will be quitting come this patch if he indeed tried to pump out some gear…(which lets admit he did :))
Look at it from the other side of the coin… the dudes who farm and farm and farm and farm and sell sell sell just to get rich enough to buy the materials to take to THIS armorer you refer to… hundreds of hours of build up and BAM finally they get it (with shit perks probably lets face it) and Amazon takes it all way with a flick of a switch 
Mindboggling bamboozlerino
made it easy to uninstall…cheerio
Wow your numbers are all jacked up lol.
OPR only lasting 20min? Most last 30-40 plus the 5min or so start up, as well as the 5-10 min before the next match, and that is assuming you Won to get that gold.
Invasions lol, your lucky if you get into one, you’ll probably be kicked if you are not part of the company who is getting attacked. Most companies try to win them, so again, you are talking a 10min or more start up, plus another 30 min or more to try an win.
I’ve been playing MMo’s for 20+ years, I know what really goes on.
they will not leveling their expertise to unlock true item power. Its very complicated to do so when game is uninstalled
solid troll response. whiners just wanna whine