My gut is big
And round like a watermelon
And ten thousand beers have made it rounder
But not smaller
And that’s not fine
It’s a space heater
For the frigid winter
It’s my ambassador
To those who walk toward me
It’s a shiba inu
That hunts cholesterol
And orders fried foods
At restaurants
My gut is big
And that’s not fine
And those who might scorn it
Motivate me to try sit-ups
JUST… screw it.
Drinkers with Writing Problems 
I played CoH neraly two times through (stalled out on the last boss on my first playthrough), but even so, I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s an incredibly slow burn, and the item system, both drops and in town, is tedious and frustrating, as you found. You can spend hours gathering cash and random drops to craft something, and find a better appraised item five minutes later. Even so, I loved mapping the dungeons, and it was cool to create a party that could survive just about anything the dungeon could throw at it. If CoH2 fixes the worst parts of CoH I’ll be all over it.