I am a miner but...
Would it be possible for Cyrene to use a crafting system like the old one in Project Entropia? You know ressource -> component -> construction part -> item
And I would be very happy, if there would be again 3-5 different BPs for every part.
From Calypso we already have so many BPs for components, but they aren't used. And it was sooo cool, that all the crafters began to recalculate their crafting materials, when a miner got a bigger finding - because of the now again different Markup. I remember, when the crafters got nervous, because one miner found an Cobalt ATH... *grin* You could hear the clicking of the calculators throughout the major crafting places. ^.^
I know, not many people remind the time, where crafting a Lasergun was a bit more complicated as now... 2 ingots Iron + 2 ingots Belkar + 1 bottle Melchi = a precise Jester D-1 Lasergun
And I think, THIS will bring more people to Cyrene then some new weapons. When people have again to think about how to craft cheap/effective. And have to talk with others. And need miners to bring the needed ressources.
Back then, they told us, the crafting system was much to complicated. Really? That was 8 years ago. And you can ask anyone - the gamers of today are so much more intelligent!
And the computers... Okay, you know, back then, the Dell Dimensions XPS was a dream for gamers. An Intel Prescott P4E with 3.4 GHz, 1024 MB DDR2 RAM and the brand new ATI Radeon X800 XT with 256 MB! And not to forget the gigantic Maxtor 250 GB harddrive!
... okay, okay... But you know, to recreate an interesting crafting system like back then, you don't need new systems. Just a bunch of BPs. It shouldn't be a problem. The components we already have. Please create a fitting system with some meaning.
Ah, and by the way: DO NOT FORGET TO IMPLEMENT SOME MORE
FUN.
This isn't a shooter game, so hunting is not all.