The Crafting Memorial; lest we forget

[Flawless]

@Headhunter

Back to topic it is quite clear where community stands on crafting. Numerous requests in changes, but 2 locks before and 2 locks after or simply compromise of soft lock needing materials. A non skill based mechanic of dice roll without challenge being involved.

Still my favorite quote regarding our crafting system with random modifiers, random perks, random blessings and locks, that has us

• click the “buy grey weapon” button thousands of times
• then upgrade hundreds of items
• then deleting thousands of items because almost all of them had bad modifiers to begin with, or turned to crap after upgrading

And results in an experience with

• no meaningful progression
• no meaningful choices
• minimal player agency
• no perfect items

@Fatshark_Hedge

We have learned a lot from our previous choices and gameplay surrounding crafting offered within the Vermintide series. For Darktide we wanted to take those lessons to expand and improve in such a way that crafting would become a central pillar of player progression, while giving more impact and agency to you, the player in your preferred playstyle.

The nature of randomization and repetitive actions sometimes seen within crafting is something that we are steering to avoid in the crafting system within Darktide. Meaningful choices will be made with strategy and goals behind them, as you set your eyes upon that perfect combination of melee and ranged weapons for your class.