I've been trying to get a straight answer to this for the last several hours. I'm at a crossroads and need to figure out whether to continue investing in INT / TECH (whose further perk upgrades aren't of much interest to me) or dismiss them as pointless.
It all depends on one simple consideration: Are the things I can create at level 20, INT or TECH, in some way unique to the crafting ability? Meaning, specifically, are there things I can only get through crafting? I can partially see the answer already: You can get a 5% bonus to crafted armor, or, like, 5% more damage, or something like that. Obviously that's not really doing much for me, or I wouldn't be here asking. Are there things that you can only craft? Or is basically everything available for grabs somewhere in the game world, through static loot or random drops?
Obviously what I'm hoping for here is that crafting gives you access to things that can only be had through crafting. Something significant. My suspicion doesn't lean that way. But anyway, that's my question.
Since I'm still playing the game un-spoiled, I'm not really looking for specific examples here. All this is is me trying to avoid potentially wasting the next 20-30 hours on something potentially useless.
It all depends on one simple consideration: Are the things I can create at level 20, INT or TECH, in some way unique to the crafting ability? Meaning, specifically, are there things I can only get through crafting? I can partially see the answer already: You can get a 5% bonus to crafted armor, or, like, 5% more damage, or something like that. Obviously that's not really doing much for me, or I wouldn't be here asking. Are there things that you can only craft? Or is basically everything available for grabs somewhere in the game world, through static loot or random drops?
Obviously what I'm hoping for here is that crafting gives you access to things that can only be had through crafting. Something significant. My suspicion doesn't lean that way. But anyway, that's my question.
Since I'm still playing the game un-spoiled, I'm not really looking for specific examples here. All this is is me trying to avoid potentially wasting the next 20-30 hours on something potentially useless.