Several times I've wanted to just sit myself down and write an in-depth article explaining the original crafting system in
Tabula Rasa (before it was announced to close), but it's just one of those things where the explanation would not make much sense unless you've frustrated yourself with it firsthand. It was complicated, time consuming and you would only need to kill 3 or 4 more Bane to get a better item anyway. Yet in
Deployment 13, the crafting system was completely overhauled, simplified, and caused players to actually craft again. But was it just too late?
Over at
Van Hemlock's blog, he takes a practical look at the past and present of
TR crafting, explaining what we once dealt with versus the new and improved system. For anyone who has simply ignored the crafting in
TR based on previous bad experiences, this post if worth a read.
