Iâm VERY curious as to why Craftsmanâs Passion and Rough Edge were disabled. Is it mainly because of the 3 perks associated to Craftsmanâs Passion and Rough Edge? Did the feedback include playing explaining the perks are âtoo OPâ for either or and needed a knee jerk reaction to change perks?
I have a the same perks of the Craftsmanâs Passion on a non-named Hatchet that was looted from Barnacles and Blackpowder ~month ago and itâs a very nice Hatchet. Whatâs to say the same perks as Craftsmanâs Passion can be dropped from Mutations or even Elite Chests as a Greatsword? So, if the combination of those perks can still be looted from Mutation drops or Elite Chests, whatâs the issue with Craftsmanâs Passion? I donât understand what the deal is disabling it when youâre just going to change out the perks anyway just like you did with Blackguardâs Firestaff where on patch, it changed from Plagued Strikes to Refreshing Evasion without disabling Blackguardâs Firestaff from being dropped, crafted or utilized. Something isnât feeling right about this whole thing disabling the Craftsmanâs Passion and Rough Edge. I get the feeling Itâs something more demanding than just changing the perks around to satisfy the âOP nerf crowdâ.
As for Rough Edge, Keen/Vicious/Keenly Jagged. How is this even considered to be disabled also? Thereâs PLENTY of Orichalcum weapons currently on TPâs everywhere that have those three perks combined and in no way are they âOPâ in combination.
Furthermore, 8 out of 9 weapons currently on the NWDB site under Weapons > All Weapons, all have Thwarting Strikes and Keenly Empowered combined. So, the Vicious has to be the âover poweredâ perk here for the Craftsmanâs Passion to be disabled since the other eight (8) weapons have never been disabled to be crafted. Craftsmanâs Passion is the only weapon out of the 9 with Vicious. Itâs unique in that way where no other weapon regardless of having Thwarting Strikes and Keenly Empowered together is making that particular Greatsword âthat opâ. If that were true, then every weapon with Thwarting Strikes and Keenly Empowered would have not been able to be crafted since both of those perks together DO make weapons more powerful over Keen or Vicious or combination of both. A Keen/Vicious/Thwarting Strikes OR Keen/Vicious/Keenly Empowered Greatsword wonât make that âOPâ.
On the Onslaught skill tree for Great Sword, the minor trait âUnstoppable Cutsâ has grit while performing the ability âCrosscutâ. Thatâs the ONLY minor trait for the Onslaught skill tree with Grit.
On the Defiance skill tree for Great Sword, the ability âCalamity Counterâ and minor trait âUnflinching Bladeâ both have grit applied either when using the Calamity Counter ability and/or charged Heavy Strikes with minor trait âUnflinching Bladeâ. With 300 Strength, you receive grit which makes total sense if you are a pure Strength build, mainly Tanks or Bruisers to have grit. Does not mean Thwarting Strike is âOPâ because of Grit.
I donât know what source this âPlayer Feedbackâ is from which made the impact to quickly disable those two particular weapons to be disabled, but, if they think Thwarting Strikes, Keenly Empowered and Vicious on the Greatsword is âOPâ, well, Iâm sorry, but the feedback from those players to the PTR Feedback has been informed wrongly since thereâs PLENTY of those types of Orichalcum made weapons in game already and people are using them but they are not disabled. Somethingâs not right with disabling those specific weapons. 
