Just before the servers closed I was rearranging the stashes again.
I consolidated the magic crafting and sockets crafting tabs into one big crafting quad tab. The purpose of this quad tab is to have a good starting base to craft items. It is full of magic items that have a very high roll on their affixes. This makes them ideal candidates to turn into rare items with a Regal Orb.
The socketed white items are also a good base to start crafting from because Artificer's Orbs (the ones that make sockets) are expensive and rare.
What to do if you want to craft an item:
If you need a particular stat like mana, HP, armor, etc, take out an item from the Crafting Depot with a high roll of that stat. Use your Regal Orb on it. Use Exalted Orbs if you want to add more mods, up to 6.
What to do if you see a high rolled magic item, or a socketed item drop for you, or if you see really high rolled magic items in the NPC shop:
Save it for yourself, but if you don't need it or don't want it, donate it to the Crafting Depot.
There's only so much that can drop for one person, so if all of us keep an eye out for items that are potentially useful for other people, then we will collectively be able to craft things that we want more easily.
If you are unfamiliar with the crafting process, check out these guides
Miyazaki’s Slave
and Definity and Gbeav (sorry I don't remember what your GAF handles are) we can afford more member slots!
