Don't make all crafting recipes available right away, buy recipes with a currency

[gritty mica]

I don't know any game where I can step into the game the first minute and immediately am able to craft the best in slot endgame items (provided I buy the materials).

I would make all basic crafting items available, but for advanced and supreme item recipes, you need to purchase them with something.

Ideas for currencies to buy recipes with:

• a new currency tied to daily/weekly quests. If you run out of your daily/weekly allotment, you can buy extra at the marketplace at a premium
• solon/hyperion/crypton, whichever is least used

[reef fulcrum]

Why do you feel its a problem that someone could buy the materials to craft the weapon right away or buy the weapon off the market directly?

Adding a recipe that you can also buy comes down to the same thing. Instead of 5 red rocks to craft the weapon you would now buy the 5 red rocks + the given recipe

[gritty mica]

• it spoils the progression path, I can see right away what the best items in the game are and how they look
• it reduces the game's longevity. If I can buy the mats the first 5 minutes and immediately craft the supreme jetpack, it makes me progress through the game faster and makes me bored of the game faster

I guess I want to somehow time gate the recipes a little. It doesn't have to be a currency if it is hard time gated.

[lofty hornet]

i skipped advanced

the previous stage should be a prerequisite to crafy the next stage