The problem with crafted items

[Bihzad]

Is that any major remort can use them regardless of their power level. This makes it possible for a very low rank to, in actuality, be very big and do stupid levels of damage. I've seen a 30k rank running around with 50k hps and doing above 10k a round.

How it might be fixed:

Why not make a "rank requirement" for each piece, based on its power level. For example:

<Crafted> Crazy Sword of Killing Things
Rank Cost: 35k

<Crafted> Mediocre Sword of Killing Things
Rank Cost: 15k

So, to use both weapons, you need a rank of at least 50k (the two above rank costs combined). Could also introduce the necessity to pick which crafts are most useful to you, based on the rank you've accumulated.

In any case, I kinda feel like they should have restrictions put on them in some way, even if some of the higher end eq is difficult to craft.

[grimm]

i kinda like the idea of it being able to use no matter your rank.

It gives the smaller players to catchup with the insanely big players.

Well if you compared a higher rank player with a lower rank player with both same crafted eq, definately a higher rank will still win. Thus, there's still the balance there.

If a small player can mange to craft better gear than a bigger rank, i think he deserves to be that buffed.
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[Odinn]

/Agree with Izzral. While no one likes getting beat up by someone smaller than them or having them run faster- it helps the little people grow up quicker. Everyone has the same chance to wear crafted.

[Serenity]

Bihzad, I wonder if you actually have a concept of just how hard it is to craft one of these so called OP items of craft? By hard I mean how much time and effort has to be placed into leveling craft abilities, how much time and effort a player has to put in running shit GPM areas to run materials, how many fails each one goes through trying to level himself?

No son you have no clue, cause if you did and had actually done it then you would not be so quick to seek 'more' restrictions on players.

Now I know you are going to come right back at me and say people do not need to go through all this to wear craft and that is true they just come to people like me and buy it, but that is an economic issue and not a crafting issue and so does not call for restrictions on crafting and of course you can not restrict free trade either... so back in your box with you and cry me a river.,

[Bihzad]

Serenity,

It was just a suggestion. Besides, I don't think the people I see running around with full sets of powerful crafted eq are newbs who are catching up, I think they're either alts or friends of bigger players, which doesn't really do much for newbs joining, who then use the pk system to target other people based on their rank, and get thoroughly beat up with no chance of winning. Anyway, you have much more experience with the mud than I do, so any "constructive" criticism of my thought process is welcome, but I suppose "dickish" criticism works too.

[Serenity]

Not sure I mentioned anything about noobs and the like so please address that to those who did and while at it insults will lead to one outcome!

Now back to the issue, I get a little sick of just about every post on this forum asking for someone or something to get toned and in many cases by people who have not put in the effort... see initial post.