Would prefer them to rework some traits actually, right now like the majority of them are useless, divines, infused and reinforced being the exception.

Of course! However, the problem lies with the fact that there are good and bad traits. All traits should be good. If you give me Sturdy, Well-Fitted, Training (Edit: almost forgot Exploration)... you've basically given me a traitless piece of gear.

Unless it is Infused or Divines, I feel inclined to get a better version. This kinda sucks. Would rather it was about getting the best trait for your build rather than a literal useless trait.

This is obviously a hot-button issue. Sweet I got the helm I have run this dungeon 200 times for and... oh wait, it's well fitted. I will now jump off a bridge.

I am all for rare things dropping in less than perfect traits. This would make better sense if perhaps they weren't quite so rare. I will use my recent quest for SPC as an example. I have run wgt over a hundred times for 16 total pieces of SPC gear to finally get 5 distinct pieces I could use for a set. I still dont have boots and only have 2 usable pieces in Divines. I wouldn't hate well-fitted so much if the drop rate was in fact reasonable. Maybe it should take 100+ runs of WGT to get all divines SPC, but it shouldn't take that many to get it in bad traits. I like the idea where after 30-40 clears of a place like WGT, you reasonably have most of the sets, but maybe not in perfect traits.

You "should" then have 2 options. Continue to clear the content in your quest for perfect traits, or you utilize a system that doesnt exist yet to upgrade or trade your gear. Whether its from a master crafter, an item with a relatively low drop rate (like nirn or roe) that lets you change an item, or heck, even a crown store option, there should be a system in place that allows for gear alteration.

I like the idea of a master crafter doing it the best, because it just makes sense. It should not be cheap or easy, but it should be doable. I have suggested in the past that to convert a piece to divines, perhaps it would take a fair amount of mats and tempers, some unique item to unlock the gear, and also 50-100 sapphires. It would make these mats actually worth something.

I am also very much in favor of allowing like items to be traded. For example, I could trade my extra Divines SPC chest for your SPC gloves, or a Maelstrom dagger for a Bow. This keeps these items locked behind a content wall, but allows for some flexibility when dealing with pure RNG.