Technically I would want something that could reset the tempering options on an item.
As an ARPG player of more than D4, a tempering reset option would not be as bad as it sounds but the crafting system would need to resolve around actually crafting not just chances.
Let’s see how it is in PoE:
- You have a good base.
- You can have it with a fractured affix that ensures that the affix won’t be changed ever, which is huge because one less affix you need to worry about.
- If you don’t have the fractured affix you will just have to use crafting knowledge to remove or mitigate as much as the outcome as possible ( this is why poe requires a degree into crafting)
Let’s see how D4 works:
- You look for the best item 2 GA , 3-4 whatever…
- You fail tempering you get back to point 1. Scout for a new item.
- You do get the tempering right then you go on ahead and master craft which you can reset and continue until good item.
From what I want from a ARPG and that’s only my perspective, would be the chance to at any point reset the item to “dropped” value and go on from there. I mean you could fail again, but since in D4 tempering has fewer outcomes it’s almost out of the box understandable that if you somehow missed the tempering you get back to scouting for a new item.
Now it’s not bad in D4 and it’s not that bad in PoE, but an option to reset tempering so that after getting that 4 GA item you want you can actually not get literally f… at tempering would make it worth it.
Maybe introduce an item that is hard to get, tradable ( so that we can benefit from economy), would actually make it worth.
You have your 2x GA or 3x GA you didn’t get the tempering, well get an item via trade and reset your status. Do not thrown a perfectly good 3 GA item in the trash bin because you missed the tempering.
I know that I am referring to PoE most of the time, but PoE to gate and sync currency does the outcomes at most predictable while hitting a wall were you are at luck and it’s 50/50 , 25/100 or something. D4 just gives you the right to do it on any item but if you don’t get it , you are out there scouting.
Would love to have an item in D4 that resets tempering but with like let’s say 0.5% drop rate chances from high tier bosses that is tradable. Of course bots and players that play 15 million hours a day will break the market, but what’s in it for you , like it does not steal the item from you, you take it or scout for a new item.
It’s not like everyone is out there running with 3GA perfect tempered perfect masterwork players…Most of those players invest a lot to get those and will do so from now on.