Since a forging rework seems to be a pipe dream at this point...can we at least revisit forging cycles?

Should a flamberge take 7 forging cycles? A warsword 6? With a system that often takes literally hundreds of attempts to create a desirable item, should each attempt take upwards of 20 minutes? In today's gemstone, is this really the desired time requirement to make a piece with a bit of extra damage factor/AvD?

I propose weapons take a maximum of 3 forging cycles. Anything that currently takes 3 or less be changed to 1, 4-5 changed to 2, and 6+ changed to 3.

Don't worry, forging will still be an excruciating process, but at least a little shorter of one.

Come on, now. There's nothing more exhilarating than using a magic metal, like imflass, that requires 6 minutes per hammer session....so a total of 42 minutes to try and get a best piece.

Even if the metal only requires 4 minutes a hammer session, that's still 28 minutes per blade. Seeing as how you generally get a best blade out of 12-15 blades....So much fun spending 6+ hours hopping to get st least one best blade.

This is what we all live for!