To the brilliant creator of this mod, “sagittarius22”
Now please don’t hate me for giving you advice for something you worked hard on, but in my opinion this would be more effective at providing immersion if the amount of time scaled with the type of item crafted, and if applicable, the level of said item as well. My reasoning being that crafting an iron dagger alone could already take well over six hours to make in real life, and something larger with more parts to deal with, for example say an iron chest plate, could take anywhere up to a week in real life to create. Add in the knowledge that something higher tier and more intricate like ebony is even explained through in-game books as being extremely tedious and temperamental to forge, I think I could easily see the player spending anywhere up to two months just to make that pretty black cuirass they always wanted. And honestly I think that would add far more immersion than just the time changing alone, but also in giving the player a sense that they really put their heart and soul into making the end-game gear.
Also another thing not entirely related to the mod directly, but if this mod were implemented in such a way as described above, and someone had a time-based quest of some sort that required quick action, this mod would become even more immersive in combination by really making the player think twice about "dropping by the forge" to grab themselves an upgrade before they do the quest on hand, as they could easily miss their deadline entirely and fail their urgent quest by neglecting their duties and crafting something instead. Anyways, long-winded ideas aside, my point is that your mod is an amazing idea with near limitless potential for pure, simple immersion, but in its current state it’s just too shallow and not fully implemented to be the great game-changer it could be. I hope you take my words into consideration, because I’d love to see your mod grow and prosper to someday become a "top 100 mods of all time" candidate.
Crafting Takes Time (2 comments)
Now please don’t hate me for giving you advice for something you worked hard on, but in my opinion this would be more effective at providing immersion if the amount of time scaled with the type of item crafted, and if applicable, the level of said item as well. My reasoning being that crafting an iron dagger alone could already take well over six hours to make in real life, and something larger with more parts to deal with, for example say an iron chest plate, could take anywhere up to a week in real life to create. Add in the knowledge that something higher tier and more intricate like ebony is even explained through in-game books as being extremely tedious and temperamental to forge, I think I could easily see the player spending anywhere up to two months just to make that pretty black cuirass they always wanted. And honestly I think that would add far more immersion than just the time changing alone, but also in giving the player a sense that they really put their heart and soul into making the end-game gear.
Also another thing not entirely related to the mod directly, but if this mod were implemented in such a way as described above, and someone had a time-based quest of some sort that required quick action, this mod would become even more immersive in combination by really making the player think twice about "dropping by the forge" to grab themselves an upgrade before they do the quest on hand, as they could easily miss their deadline entirely and fail their urgent quest by neglecting their duties and crafting something instead. Anyways, long-winded ideas aside, my point is that your mod is an amazing idea with near limitless potential for pure, simple immersion, but in its current state it’s just too shallow and not fully implemented to be the great game-changer it could be. I hope you take my words into consideration, because I’d love to see your mod grow and prosper to someday become a "top 100 mods of all time" candidate.
With regards, Alexis (A.K.A. “xtreemgamer129”)