Quote (MaLuckyJake @ Feb 21 2013 01:43pm)
Crafting is actually awesome, I'm loving it. Only crafted 40 or so amulets but nothing near good yet, however both my shoulders and bracers were pretty big upgrades. I'm still going to try more shoulders because the potential is huge, they can definately be better than decent Vile wards.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Kobes-1903/hero/1674575I dunno about shoulders better than vile wards... the reason being vile wards can have exactly every stat you would want for shoulders... i think of it this way:
VW: 3 guaranteed useful stats at high rolls: main stat, AR, armor (life regen too, but...) and 2 random rolls
Recipe: 1 guaranteed useful stat, 5 random rolls!
ok, let me correct myself... obviously the recipe can roll better (higher base stat roll), but the chances are so low! Remember that even if a recipe rolls AR and armor, it may not be high numbers like the wards. Back when crafting was popular, I made shoulders for profit... i've made a couple hundred and nothing has come close to a set of crappy vile wards... just my 2 cents, i honestly feel that the gold/resources vs. is better spent rolling gloves or ammies