no.
ep4 crafting killed the game.
margins for profitable players have been shrinking closer to net-zero ever since. there is no more carrot at the end of the stick because MA broke the reliance-based economy.
agreed i think it should be 2-3x the current costs to tier up a weapon. These are the only real competitive aspects left in game. otherwise everyone and their mother just grabs 300k dps and goes off to the races.
MA has done a poor job of keeping the sense of progression with a carrot at the...