Post: #15

The craft menus are the hard one. The newer versions aren't hard-coded either but you can still write the gump to make it work. Honestly I always hated the old menu, even way back in the day, too hard to navigate. The new ones are ugly but they are easier to use. As for the stats, the existence of the internet and wikis eventually changed my mind on that one. I'd rather like them have the info in game than indirectly reward players for looking stuff up out of game.

It's also worth noting you don't have to use tooltips the same way EA did. I tied my system heavily to Item ID, randomly found stuff doesn't just instantly tell you what it does.