I proposed it several times over the years, but since it was recently brought up again, I figured why not mention it another time. Below are a few changes I feel are needed when it comes to forging equipment.
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Attributes
I think it would be more appealing to mine the resources required to make equipment if the gear you forge came attributed, or at least had the chance to come attributed. Currently there is no real reason to invest very sought after materials into equipment aside from epic items because you know you are just going to npc it and you can 9 times out of 10 get more money by selling the ores/bars instead. -
Materials Required
I believe you need to go back and reconsider just about all materials required for equipment. Most of the items unfortunately make zero sense aside from the epic items. -
Leftover Resources
It would be nice if when forging equipment you had a chance of keeping some bars/materials that was based and scaled off of your mining skill. This would encourage players to increase their mining even more.