Neither.
The problem is the system pulls the rug out from under you and since GA items exist, makes RNG abysmal for end-game. Tempering just does not feel good.
When RNG was happening all behind the scenes, you were excited when you found a 3/4 or 4/4 item that had the Affixes you wanted. It didn’t matter if you found thousands of items that were rubbish. With Tempering, you THINK you found a BiS item, only to have it turn to crap.
Sure, you can find more 2/3 or 3/3 Base Items quicker, but good luck getting GAIII items with the Affixes you need let alone GAII. Considering you cannot reroll GAs (because reasons), it makes the RNG that much worse. Enchanting really is only mildly decent and 100% worthless for BiS GAIII items.
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Seriously… I only have a Shako because I crafted after making 3 characters and “helping” someone on Torment Andariel…
I think that tempering needs to change a bit more perhaps… I mean, I saw some YouTuber brick a 2GA amulet because he rolled the wrong affix five times in a row… this isn’t necessarily undesired so I get the difficulty but it still sucks
A spark is too high a cost. Bricks are too frequent, and to sacrifice a 25% guarantee for an uber to gain +x tempers is too much to ask. A better option will be several scattered prisms to add a temper roll or to reset. After all your slots are added, they are sitting unused, and they can be farmed over time. Make World Bosses Great Again.
It’s only a high cost if you don’t have Ubers. Once you do, Sparks sit there.
And it’s supposed to he a meaningful, end-game resource. Prisms aren’t, rofl.