Smeagol, you must abandon your longing of the ring. It has been cast into the fires of Mordor, its dark and treacherous evil purged from the land. No good can come from wishing for its vile taint to return to this world.
To be honest, I don’t really consider it valid to want Titanforging back. As far as I’m concerned, such an opinion goes straight into the garbage bin.
It had a toxic influence on the game and just about anyone who could look at the game objectively - and not through the lenses of their own possessive, Gollum-like longing - can see it had to be removed.
If you want to proceed with the discussion of what is or isn’t qualifying as sufficient for open-world players, one must do so without referencing titanforging.
Fair enough. And we do have some crafted items in the game, notably Legendary items, that can be attained through casual gameplay that surpass even the most powerful raid loot.