I just felt it was part of the game. I like knowing I have the ability to make anything I want to in the game (still working on the jewelry). In reality, it wasn't hard, it just took forever.

Like DarkScatha said, there are research scrolls now. I still don't use them. Never liked the pay to play

Virys1967 wrote: »

I apologize if there's a different thread for this, but my main character is a Sorc.
The Grand Master Crafter title I worked so hard to achieve on my Sorc recieved the Skyforge Smith Hammer, which I will never be able to use on my main character.
I've never crafted anything, not one thing, on any of my other characters, but the achievement was given to a lvl 14 character that I never play.
This hardly seems fair.
Am I alone in this outrage?

There were dozens (if not hundreds) of threads in the PTS forums when the change was introduced.

There were dozens (if not hundreds) more threads in general when the change went live.

A majority were adamantly against the changes for reasons like this.

ZoS didn't listen. They didn't care about the feedback given from hundreds of players. Many left. Many, like myself, dropped subscriptions, reduced purchases, etc... I used to spend more on this game each 6 months, than I have in the years since AwA was introduced.

So, no, you are not alone in this outrage. It's now just been played out to the point that many of us are jaded and don't have much faith in ZoS to put their players' opinions and feelings at the front.