Blood hunting with blood 1 mages

[Nightfall]

Wouldn't a more sensible nerf to SDR's be to make forging them require B2 (or even B3), which will also incidently raise the cost. I know at that price I wouldn't bother forging one for every blood hunter, just the B1's.

In fact I don't think it would hurt CBM to bring back gemgems with slightly raised path costs. The point of them should be less about massively increasing income and more about being a way to convert gem types more efficiently than alchemy over time.

Are clams overpowered at W4N1 with hammers nerfed?
Fever Fetishes at F1N2?
Blood Stones at B4E2?

In general I think CBM has made a lot of mistakes over time in making big changes, where little ones could often accomplish the same thing.

For instance, wouldn't adding the cursed flag, if possible, to dwarven hammers accomplish the reduction in micro desired, and be a small nerf that applies evenly to all nations, yet still leave them as a viable option.