Well I don't have much of an opinion toward the issue with shooting items from hands, looting and running, but whats the problem. Items are such a pain in the ass to make, and worse to repair is it such a bad thing that people found ways to get more of the items. In the end someone with 5 avengers is only going to really supply 1 combat character, because the others have to be kept to either repair the main one or replace it in the off chance of a death. This is just what I'm seeing from the posts about it, I'm sure I missed something.
The crafting timer is really a slap in the already bloodied face of crafters. I am not a dev, and I am not privy to every issue and complaint the game deals with, but I really don't see the purpose of limiting items through crafting and drops. People either make a million alts (which makes the game incredibly redundant) or they resort to some 'exploit', which still just brings down game play value. At least in the last season you could craft or loot most anything that was mildly decent, now you have to have 4 alts just to get crap items. Was there some problem last season with people being able to have 10mm SMG's, ok armor early on, and with patience some of the better gear?
Like I said, but because of how many people are just yelling I'll say it again. I'm not in your heads Dev's I'm not one of ya, so I can only speculate on why things were changed the way they are. What I can do however is tell you how it effects my gameplay and that of the friends I run with. And right now it really feels like things are just being randomly removed without cause.
