[2024] More emphazis on crafting

I felt the same way you did in Alpha 21 but since 1.0 I feel like I do craft most of my own gear and I rarely find better gear than I can craft. Usually when I find something better than I can craft it is something I'm not perked into.

I do think if you quickly leave the forest and start looting in tougher biomes in high tier POIs then you probably do find a lot of gear that is better than you can craft since those places have a lootstage buff. I don't know if that is what you are doing or not.