Overall I definitely enjoy forging and think the RNG is fine for the most part. But sometimes it really screws you over and those are the times you remember more.
Just yesterday I was making shotgun bows and with effect gums ended up rolling Heavy Projectile and Hard Hitter (instead of Damage and Hard Hitter or Damage and Heavy Projectile, both of which I’m fine with) 5 times in a row which is a 1 in 243 chance (and once not rolling effect, with which I’m fine though because I’m usually stingy with gums haha). On top of that the RNG for rolling multishot didn’t go well either and I ended up burning about 50 decon resins per bow. Never had a bad luck streak this rough and I was pretty done afterwards. But on the plus side, usually that doesn’t happen.