Best explanation why Zelda BotW is great

[Slarvax]

TheLastStarFighter said:

Slarvax said:

Assuming there are no blacksmiths (which no, there are none) most of the weapons are around 100 years old. Story wise, I would expect this to be cause all blacksmiths were either in Hyrule Castle or part of the Royal Guards, which died when Ganon took over the Guardians. 

Now crafting and repairing, I really don't get why it isn't in the game. I have my theory that the minerals you get where at some point in development used to craft your own weapons, because when you look at it they're the items with the least uses in the game (selling, some sidequests, and upgrading), but they probably couldn't implement it or ran out of time. There is some special crafting though, the Anti-guardian items. Probably the coolest weapons in the game.

There are four blacksmiths in the game.  They repair the 5 story weapons you get in the game.  They take diamonds to repair.  I wouldn't be surprised if you're right though, the lesser gems were probably for fixing lesser items and they eventually said, why bother?  It would slow down the game.

I never really bothered with them. Had they let me build any weapon that I wanted, and (this is what annoys me) with any buffs at an extra cost, then blacksmiths would've been cool to have in game. But nah, they just make 1 specific weapon which, if my memory serves me, they aren't even that good.

Also the fact that you can pick up any weapon from enemies and weapons out in the wild would break a blacksmith economy. "Why would I use a blacksmith if I can just find so many weapons in the wild, at no price?" They would've made blacksmith exlusive weapons... which, wouldn't you know it, they exist in BotW!

Also, I find it awesome that I can throw my breaking weapon at an enemy, pick up their weapon and then use it against them. And that only works with the current system that it has.

Honestly, the buffs in weapons being RNG is the worst design choice in BotW. It's so weird, and stupid.