As someone who prepped prior to patch 3.5 to take my erenor weapon to epic+, and as the person who made the first full divine erenor set (which I did entirely from scratch post patch), I can very easily say from my own experience that the 3.0 crafting system is far better for erenor gear than what we have now. I could very easily pump out several ayanad scepters a day prior to 3.5, and being able to produce a high volume (I literally had chestfuls) of fodder is necessary for making Erenor gear viable in the first place.So far the first valid argument I’ve seen in defending the 3.0 system is that the proficiency skill is to low in 4.0. One thing you are all forgetting is that erenors relys heavily on the 4.0 crafting system. Has anyone here grinded for their own erenor. Up to legendary status? If you revert to the 3.0 system you better freaking buff erenor.
I agree with front butt and sjinderson.
Taking my Erenor armor set from heroic, which was brought up from grand using a variety of world boss items that were available and other cheap alternatives, to divine required nearly 150k in materials (80k of which was effectively required purchases archeum/charcoal/fabric) and approximately 2000 armor regrade scrolls (assuming I wouldn't fail anything, so red/blue/green charms required too). The costs were absolutely obscene even gathering as much as I could on my own, and for armor that arguably isn't even better than running ayanad divine. I could've taken it divine straight from grand entirely by using crafted gear for a mere fraction of the cost with the old system.
I don't think you realize who you're actually talking to when you reply to havockitty, havockitty was the premier jewelry crafter on the server and nearly every single player wore his stuff. He absolutely knows what he's talking about and is taking all that into account. We both just know from our own experience being top crafters in our own respective proficiencies back before 3.5. You simply just do not have the understanding of the old crafting system and how much has changed with 3.5.You not taking into account the materials you lose when you don’t get the right proc. Also in terms of the Enenor the grade matters well. You then would be adding 2 layers of rng, that need to align in order to feed the weapon or armor