mothwentbad: "+2% crafting success rate"

Is there crafting in the game? Or is that code speak for blacksmithing? And if so, do you just temporarily equip all your snowflakes whenever you upgrade, and then swap them out again? It sounds like a derpy mechanic, but then again, having to temporarily equip anything for any kind of crafting is bound to be tedious anyway.

Google turns up nothing except for the sequel. Which is a bit of a letdown, since there are so many random drops that are just trash-tier horrible equipment, and you get lots of them, and they usually sell for 1g.

Ugh.

guar: I never found a use for snowflakes outside of the side quest that required you to collect them.

If you're using the blacksmith to craft equipment, you'd be better off equipping Molten Rings (or Greater Molten Rings once you're able to) to offset the cost. You can increase the blacksmith's success rate by increasing his level one of two ways: using grindstones or successfully crafting equipment. Every level increases the success rate by 5%, if I'm remembering correctly.

And yes, the entire blacksmith mechanic is exceptionally tedious.