# Just remove the locks **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Feedback\ **Created:** [May 31, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475 "2023-05-31T15:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mandrake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@Mandrake](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Mandrake)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/1 "2023-05-31T15:18:38Z")
Hey Fatshark, I see lots and lots of posts of people suggesting how to make the crafting system much more enjoyable. I understand also, that implementing such changes requires a lot of work and forethought. I am proposing a very very simple change that the community will love. Do nothing, other than removing the crafting locks. Don’t add a function to make them cost diamantine, don’t make any other changes. Just remove the locks. This is the easiest and fastest possible change that would serve to prove to the community you care about us, you listen, and you want us to enjoy the game. ---
**Author:** ![Mezmorki](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/mezmorki/32/20666_2.png) [@Mezmorki](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Mezmorki)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/2 "2023-05-31T15:31:39Z")
I’m having a bit of an existential crisis (pardon the embellishment), but it’s realizing that if I stick to my guns of not playing DT until locks are addressed, I may very well end up never playing it in a significant way again, as it’s probably very unlikely that the locks will be removed at this point. Sigh… what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Reginald](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/reginald/32/63707_2.png) [@Reginald](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Reginald)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/3 "2023-05-31T15:55:28Z")
You already paid for darktide. I’ll play it when I think its fun and not when I don’t. But I’m not buying cosmetics until this game looks like it’ll survive. They already have your buy in money. OP Status: **about to be memorialized** Community Status: **Unmanaged** Crafting Status: **Locked** Content Status: **Locked** ---
**Author:** ![N8TH3GR8](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/n8th3gr8/32/29004_2.png) [@N8TH3GR8](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/N8TH3GR8)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/4 "2023-05-31T16:12:28Z")
You continue to do what you’ve been doing so far. Play better games. Criticize FatShark. Laugh at Shills. Read forums. Dunking on bad arguments and trolls is icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![RASTAMADNESS](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/rastamadness/32/61404_2.png) [@RASTAMADNESS](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/RASTAMADNESS)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/5 "2023-05-31T16:24:34Z")
Diamantine and Plasteel isnt the core of the problem i think. Maybe better and cheaper guns at the regular shop can change that. If u can have better melee or long range weapons u re more able to level them up and bless etc ---
**Author:** ![brosgw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/brosgw/32/82643_2.png) [@brosgw](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/brosgw)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/6 "2023-05-31T17:02:09Z")
Honestly. I haven’t played darktide since they announced blessings would be locked. I am having lots of fun on the forums though. ---
**Author:** ![brosgw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/brosgw/32/82643_2.png) [@brosgw](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/brosgw)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/7 "2023-05-31T17:05:01Z")
Added your thread to the board. But honestly the bare minimum they could even do is keep the chaos-damned locks and just have it so that when you swap a perk/blessing, its the one you _swap_ that get’s locked. So you can effectively get whatever perks or blessings you want on a good base. Does it suck? Throne yes, but at least you just need a good base and to find the T4 blessings and you can get several in your inventory to experiment with. ---
**Author:** ![Flawless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Flawless](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Flawless)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/8 "2023-05-31T17:52:53Z")
> [@brosgw](#): > > But honestly the bare minimum they could even do is keep the chaos-damned locks and just have it so that when you swap a perk/blessing, its the one you _swap_ that get’s locked. Thread with elaborate explanation is out. > [@How to fix: The Crafting System (breaking the locks without actually removing them)](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/how-to-fix-the-crafting-system-without-technically-removing-locks/80487): > > Common complaints about the game include: lack of endgame and gear progression too much RNG in itemization makes it near impossible to get the desired items items can retroactively get bricked by balance changes that directly or indirectly affect the value of Perks and Blessings Diamantine is effectively pointless, since Plasteel is always the bottleneck The crafting system is nothing like what was promised. These shortcomings can be solved all at once and without completely r… ---
**Author:** ![brosgw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/brosgw/32/82643_2.png) [@brosgw](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/brosgw)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/9 "2023-05-31T18:06:36Z")
> [@Mezmorki](#): > > Sigh… what to do. > [@Co-op Game Recommendations for PC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/co-op-game-recommendations-for-pc/80488): > > Just curious what peoples tastes are. Some recommendations that I think are loosely similar enough to VT2 and Darktide (in gameplay or style or genre or aesthetic) all co-op though. Out: Carrier Command 2 (VR an option) Deep Rock Galactic GunFire Reborn HellDivers Killing Floor 2 Mindustry (not that similar but good) Necropolis Phasmophobia Remnant from the ashes Roboquest (almost out of EA) Satisfactory (Not similar but great) Forewarned Starship troopers: Extermination Death Hor… Made a list to potentially _tide_ yourself over (heh). I sometimes get the urge to play again… but then I remind myself to stick to my guns and push for change… plus I have a lot of games in my backlog. ---
**Author:** ![Mandrake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@Mandrake](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Mandrake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/10 "2023-06-01T02:16:50Z")
I’m already memorialized. ---
**Author:** ![Rainman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rainman](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Rainman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/11 "2023-06-01T02:46:58Z")
Exactly. We don’t need to subvert ourselves to anything less. We don’t need to make a mess of how to implement crafting materials and perform trials to balance the system. Just remove the locks. It’s that simple. ---
**Author:** ![Ultimate\_Grungo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/ultimate_grungo/32/55174_2.png) [@Ultimate\_Grungo](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Ultimate_Grungo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/12 "2023-06-01T13:56:59Z")
I’ve uninstalled Darktide and gone back to Deep Rock Galactic, since the new season is coming up. No locks, free build experimentation and steady progression – it rocks over here. ---
**Author:** ![brosgw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/brosgw/32/82643_2.png) [@brosgw](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/brosgw)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/13 "2023-06-01T14:32:30Z")
They just added a randomization option too to have wild cosmetics and build. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/fatshark/original/3X/3/1/319a2f41b73f03a4d9360defbe43058888a33c8c.png) [@system](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/just-remove-the-locks/80475/14 "2023-06-08T14:32:31Z")
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