If it's just completely retarded, well, okay, not much to talk about here. I don't see what is completely retarded about it, but okay.

Worse? As in, has more flaws? I suppose that if you don't agree about what the flaws in the current system are then you might easily think the mage-crafted wands suggestion is worse. Here are the flaws as I see them

1. Current system requires pointless hassle of writing down every empty container and every strong mage mob you find .

2. With every mage rolled, you get the obnoxious tedium of checking every item on that list until you find your sleeks.

4. It can take a very long time spent on sheer drudgery to find the wands.

5. It contains a very significant luck-of-the-draw component. Some characters will get wands they can gather easily, some will get wands they cannot gather without help. Needing others to help gather your wands makes using them far, far less viable, especially if your character does not have a lot of allies that like to waste time helping gathering other people's wands.

6. Cheaters gain an advantage by sharing wand locations.

7. People who need the wands most (newer players) are least likely to get them and vice versa.

Since the mage-crafted wands suggestion removes all of these problems, it would need a greater amount of flaws to be considered worse. I would honestly like to know what you consider the mage-crafted wands system's flaws?

As for "more annoying" I can only imagine that the mage-crafted wands suggestion is more annoying if you never have any problem getting your wands anyway. You're basically trading not having to look for your wands with having more hard-and-fast limits on how much you can get them. This is only more annoying if you A> don't value your time B> love the tedium of searching for wand or C> have the ability to get your wands very easily with virtually no effort. This might work out great for you, Nep, but us mere peons really are not in that position.