Please add an option to infuse perks from one weapon to another weapon that has the same weapon name and version - up to 3 perks in each column. Then, make infusing a perk into a column that already has 3 perks simply replace a selected existing perk. This will reduce burnout from farming legendary items that feel like they never drop with the player's desired perks and reduce vault space issues by providing a way to combine multiple rolls of weapons into one weapon. Unlike the forge from D1, this will keep the shoot to loot factor alive while also preventing players from leaving D2 due to vault space limitations and a loot system that relies too heavily on RNG.
To prove my point: the auto rifle "Origin Story," sold by Zavala in the tower, has 12 possible perks in the 3rd column and 12 possible perks in the 4th column. If I want a version of the auto rifle with attrition orbs and kinetic tremors, then I have a 1 in 144 chance of it dropping each time I spend engrams on it. This isn't counting the barrel, mag, or masterwork, which takes the total number of combinations up to 41,472. However, it doesn't end here. To have a probability confidence of 99% to receive the drop with the masterwork, barrel, mag, 3rd trait perk desired, and 4th trait perk desired, a player will need to acquire around 191,078 drops. If you don't want to bring back the forge, please consider the solution I have above.
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It will never happen it would kill the grind more than crafting.