You're sort of right about their target audience, i would hate to see this series meet the same demise as call of duty. Furthermore, the player is able to melt down any armor/weapons that they don't use and basically salvage the materials to make new products. Finding schematics is not the only way to learn how to craft a weapon either, if you find the weapon/armor while exploring, the player is able to go back to the smithy and learn how to craft it by destroying it (just like enchanting). For instance, maybe for a glass sword there are five different types of blade edges for that weapon, and then five different handle types, etc. The game requires the player to buy or find schematics in order to craft certain weapons/armor. What I would like to see in regards to weapon smithing is more customization. by level 30 though i had more than enough leather from all those sabre cats and giants that I killed, it was so much i just ended up dropping like 15 leather at a time. I thought the hunting was pretty realistic, obviously a deer isn't going to go down after one arrow in the side, and they are startled really easily which is what i expect.

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