I am basically using the same gear in Act 3 cruel as in Act 3 vanilla

Can someone explain to me why the crafting system is so bad? Or maybe some people like it? How is it crafting if nothing about it is deterministic, seems more like gear gambling than crafting. Just give me more gold so I can gamble instead of these silly orbs.

I see people trading which is probably smarter, but I don't want to do that. Same reason I don't want to look up build guides - I want to play the game myself.

Thing could potentially be a bit better if the exalted orb rate was a bit higher, but it's paltry and bricking an item is really easy. Later in the game you basically need new rares to replace your old rares, and there aren't enough resources to get them to a respectable level (even 4-5 mods).

Last Epoch exists and has perfected the crafting system. So much so Diablo 4 uses it now. GGG also removed the crafting bench...none of this makes sense, especially since they wanted people to be crafting more.

Can someone make the world make sense?

SSF is awful in this game compared to 1.

You have to solve your problems with trading, and there is no way around it. If you have 1000's of hours, enjoy a challenge, and want to ladder race in SSF league go ahead, that can be fun. But if you are playing in standard, don't have 1000's of hours, please just trade. At your level just a couple ex orbs will solve your problems.

not more with the fucked up auction lol