The guys over at Vanguard Spheres has recently gotten hold of Salim Grant for an interview where they dig into the goodness that is player crafting in the game.

Salim aka Silius had the following to say:

>Mel: Crafting in the past has been sometimes termed "a click-fest". With Vanguard:SoH being a third generation MMO, how will Vanguard differ from MMOs in the past? > >Silius: Hard to get around the term "click fest" when that is the primary way you interact with the game world. Whether it be through key presses or mouse clicking, we are not beyond that point just yet. > >Our philosophy and goal on crafting, we hope, will be a refreshing change to people who tend to craft other MMOs like ours. Our focus is on the interaction of the spheres and how each sphere can advance independently, but working with other spheres is certainly a good idea. > >We wanted to make the process of crafting a little bit more involved, make you feel like your decisions were important and how you set up your character and gear made a difference in what you could and could not make and how well you did. > >Mel: Being in charge of an entire sphere in a 3rd generation MMO is a huge responsibility. There are tons of tables and data to manage, compile, and otherwise manage. What was been the biggest challenge going into creating a 3rd generation crafting system? > >Silius: The sheer amount of items we allow you to produce. The variety is significant and implementing that variety is a rather large task for a group of people, let alone just one guy. > >But considering the amount of work that is beyond just item creation, I am just a small piece of the whole that has gone into making a truly cool system with an immense amount of power to exploit as the system evolves. > >The members of my team who are currently working on housing, harvesting, ships, recipe creation, factional advancement, and work orders are the true reasons behind the systems success. While I am the systems vision keeper, they are the ones who make it shine. To read the full interview click here!