Long time apotheosis enjoyer here, I'm trying to balance out a personal RPG modpack right now, and I want to remove affixed drops and loot entirely, as well as the ability to reforge all while keeping the enchanting and the gem system intact, pushing the focus from looting gear until you have enough resources to become OP to adding sockets to your crafted gear and slotting gems that will give you just enough of an edge.

Since some affix effects are represented by gems as well (such as the "ignore % of durability damage" effect), this would sort out a lot of big, meaningful but for some packs too powerful effects while still allowing for customization and building.

In older versions, removing the drops was as easy as going through the adventuring config iirc, but now you need datapacks to edit that. I know of https://github.com/Shadows-of-Fire/Apotheosis/blob/1.21/src/generated/resources/data/apotheosis/apothic_augments/random_affix_items.json for the drops, is there a file for loot from chests as well? I also couldn't find a config option for disabling bosses, this goes through datapacks too then I assume?

By adding a config option to disable this particular module, people could more easily pick exactly what they want out of apotheosis. With your support as the creator, this could also ensure that things like world-tiers are considered as well when disabling bosses and affixes - either through alternative means of progressing through them when affixed items are disabled, or by disabling world-tiers all together (which, world tiers lack configs as well i think).

I believe this would be quite a bit of work, I don't expect anything from this, but i thought i should just put this out here. Great mod otherwise, I love having the option to create cool builds with the help of equipment from other mods and apotheosis as a whole has solidified itself in every pack I've played or created so far <3

The easiest thing you can do there is to datapack the rarities to only generate sockets instead of affixes. Then you don't need to worry much about the rest of the parts.

The easiest thing you can do there is to datapack the rarities to only generate sockets instead of affixes. Then you don't need to worry much about the rest of the parts.

hmm, then i could tie the amount of sockets to the rarity... that does sound like the ideal solution!

I'm assuming that would be here then? https://github.com/Shadows-of-Fire/Apotheosis/blob/1.21/src/generated/resources/data/apotheosis/rarities/

Took a quick look at it, seems really easy to work with when looking at mythic as an example, thanks for the pointer, I suppose this makes my suggestion obsolete lol