Frillen
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I didn’t know about the stygian recipes and reinforcement banners, Sonja I guess she is ok, but in my opinion there are better thrall options than her, but still nice that you can get her there. 
However for me personally the biggest problem with recipe rewards are that, they are usually a one time thing, after having it you can craft as many as you want.
Yes I know it may sound weird, but if there are some things that you only can get in certain places or activities then it makes me want to go back and do them again.
A good example is grey lotus flowers and seeds, for a very long time you could only find them in certain loot chests in specific locations, you couldn’t make seeds from the flowers so you had to go find some more when you ran out of them.
Today they are so abundant in loot chests in many places whether it is seeds, flowers or powder, there isn’t even a need to make or grow the seeds, they are so plentiful that it is absolutely crazy.
I know some will find it too much grind if certain things/resources only can be obtained in small quantities in hard to reach areas, but it does give it the feeling of hunting something rare, sort of like when named worker thralls actually had individually specialities, who doesn’t remember the time where we all hunted some special named thrall because he/she could craft something most others couldn’t do… I sometimes cursed that Legbiter to hell, but I had fun hunting for him, and if I finally got him, it was such a great moment and I felt so rewarded and happy 
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