Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-24108228-20150125000106/@comment-25178962-20150127001616

I mean- while we are at it we should also close a little bit of the gap between primitive tier weapons and the other tiers.

Blacksmithing is simply put- too useful. There is no alternative skillset to turn to for effective player versus player. SURE- we get longbows. But what do they shoot? Ore intensive iron arrows. Gunpowder and bombs are simply not sufficent to defeat a competent iron user.

Sure, you can argue that it wouldn't make sense for people excelling in farming, or achitecture to be leveling villages, but blacksmithing also has domestic uses- stews, cheese manufacturing, improved tools... it seems to be a respectable player, you NEED a beefed up blacksmithing skill. This is unbalanced, and almost FORCES the idea of "end-game equals warrior".