Well there are always new things that have a ripple effect.
this patch seems to have rendered poor old copper virtually useless.
Irregular alloy, Cooking pot and distillery seem a sad fate for the most plentiful metal in the lands.
Was this intended or side effect?
I have always assumed that copper was the poor man's metal as one progresses in the game.
How does the most common metal in the game not qualify as a "common" ingot/bar/lump?
It should provide low quality when not a specialty item that requires ONLY it. It should also have SOOOoooomme use in the game.