Okay so I'm certain I'm not the first person to throw this idea around the forum, but below I'm going to go over my idea of how a crafting station should work in destiny.
Let's get started, I don't believe a crafting station in this game should be overly complex or game breaking. I think it should be used as a means of keeping us busy and endless customization possibilities.
I think we can all say there are some rare and uncommon gear and weapons(blues and greens) that we all think look cool or wouldn't mind having to use at max levels.
Now on to how it works. Say you have a blue warlock helmet that you think looks awesome, but drags your light down too far so we just delete it. With the crafting station we could make it into a legendary helmet. To craft it into a legendary we would need 10 of the rare materials from Earth and 5 from Venus (like the ones used in the exotic sword quest lines) and 1 legendary helmet (must be a helmet to make a helmet legendary same applies to auto rifles etc.)
With that you now have a helmet that you can infuse to the max light level after crafting it would be base 3 defense and infuse from there. It keeps the same perks as when it was blue so it's not over powered or game breaking it's simply a customization option that lets you be max light and look how you want too.(note that to get a green to a purple you must craft it to a blue first)
So that's the idea for my crafting station as you read we're not making overpowered legendaries or exotics it's just meant to be a cool touch to the game to give us more to do and more customization for our beloved guardians
Vote above if you like this idea then comment why and add any changes you'd make in the comment section below.
Edit: I'm actually surprised by our vote so far I really thought this would be better received. One issue brought up immediately was that blues have different perk trees than legendaries, and I agree that's underwhelming so let's make it so once you craft it that it rolls with a random perk off of a legendary tree. Like I said I'm surprised at the vote so far let me know below why you do or do not like this idea lets keep this trending guys.
Edit 2: come on guys we're getting votes but no replies. I want to hear your input it's fine that you guys don't like the idea but let's hear how it could be better or what you'd do instead of this. We are still trending let's keep it up.
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We already kind of "craft" some exotics by completing quests. I don't think anyone really wants a crafting system though. The grind would get even more intense. This is not Warframe (thank god) where you have to craft items to craft items and items can take 24-72 hours to make. No thankyou.