There are some real opportunities with forging. Forging can be improved to be more clear, have all information in game and provide more player agency during the forging process.
I know venting and pointing out that something is ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’ or ‘frustrating’ is cathartic. Once horror stories are swapped and feeling expressed I hope we can shift to providing feedback on measurable ways we can improve the system to prevent these types of user experiences.
(I posted this in your other thread also, but I will leave my feedback thread post here too for anyone who hasn’t seen it and wants to jump on board and offer some feedback/thoughts there)