Here is what I think might be appealing about it, though really my point is that it's OK to see how it plays out:
-I don't think the crafting table literally being the end game was very appealing. I'm open to solutions where you are actually playing the content to gear up rather than spending hours at the crafting table
-I think the idea that you're not going to be able to craft anything ever is ridiculously overblown.
-I respect the fact that the company is making bold changes to the game based on data and information that we don't have, even if they go against the mindset of internet mobs
-I like the idea that people may be using different guns rather than just the blueprints that everyone has and could craft basically infinitely
-I like the other changes in the patch generally
As ever, it's going to depend on the experiences, gear and progression that they provide in this patch. I'm just saying I'm OK with seeing where it goes.
I see that. Here's why I'm having a negative response to this crafting change. I'll go down your points in order:
- I agree. I've been saying for a while that a token system where you play the game, save up and buy the things you want would be so much better.
- The problem isn't that you can't craft at all. It's that there are no announced changes to the way crafting produces results. If I still have the same chance at getting a really good roll as I currently have but have to spend double or triple the amount of materials to try it, that's the problem.
- While they may have data and information, the players have first-hand experience. We're the ones already bummed out by a bad crafting system by actually experiencing it, and we're the ones seeing the implications of this patch's changes. I don't care about what the next guy has. I care about the day or two of game time that I've put in toward crafting guns that I have, not figuratively, nothing to show for.
- I like this, too, but buffing the guns that are currently outclassed is the way to do it. Nerfing the availability of the weapons that are objectively better only creates a disparity that will seriously be felt in the Dark Zone.
- Me too. This patch was a line-for-line fix to the complaints about the game. But then they threw in this crafting change.
I'm staying optimistic as much as possible. I'm not dropping the current game that I like in fear of a change toward a game I don't, and I'm totally open to the possibility that are things we just haven't been shown that will make this change better.
But the way it was presented, plainly and on paper, is totally deserving of a negative reaction. It's an awful change as presented. And I don't think it's outlandish that people wouldn't want to participate as it currently appears.
