I have to admit that I am LOVING this system of crafting, and all these new additional weapons. Feels like there is finally a balance between weaponry. Spears and melee are becoming very versatile, with ranged melee weapons and explosive spears and energy spears and ballistic fists and...yeah
energy weapons look like there are no longer two forms(very weak or very powerful); I see a lot of in-between weapons that I enjoy using. Small guns have a huge variety of different forms and ammunition types...scoped assault and battle rifles, more use for every ammo type(9mm is actually useful neyond level 1 now, whaddya know...). I have little experience with big guns other than hard to make, but deadly powerful; deserving of the term big gun, in other words. And the crafting system no longer depends on alts with high repair/science skill, but on individual gifts of rare items that will prevent alting rather than encourage it. The suspense of what you could unlock next the first time you play really gets you searching high and low for those items. To sum it up, i love the crafting and weapon balance in this game...what do you guys think?