Fabrication was introduced earlier this year and it's great, but the fabricated items reverted to base versions after patches so there was no point engaging with the system, until now.
Now fabrication bonuses for both FPS gear and vehicle components are supposed to persist across patches. However the system is buggy and some items still get lost or lose their stats. Note also that there is a bug where mousing over an item shows base stats but equipping it fixes it.
So you can start getting into fabrication now, or you can wait a few patches until the system gets more robust and losses to bugs become rarer. It's your choice.
Either way, use this thread to report cool stuff you've made, both for your own use and for giving to other orgmates or selling in the dark market. You can report everything, or nothing, or only very high-quality items you're especially proud of. Whatever you want.
Fabrication and mining tips should be posted in the professions' respective threads.
