o.O Overkill on the crafting Dumb down?

[Kiralai]

It sounds reasonable enough to me, given that they intend to make things such as treatises, multiple crafts, and so forth relevant again in the future (as noted in the original post). It seems to me that they're trying to simplify crafting to make it more accessible to everyone in the (relatively) short term, and then gradually add back in aspects that appeal to the more "hardcore" crafters. Overall improvement, more often than not, comes in a series of steps (back and forth), rather than the product of a single action. (And yes, I do realize the irony of that statement.)

[Grim_Lion]

It sounds reasonable enough to me, given that they intend to make things such as treatises, multiple crafts, and so forth relevant again in the future (as noted in the original post). It seems to me that they're trying to simplify crafting to make it more accessible to everyone in the (relatively) short term, and then gradually add back in aspects that appeal to the more "hardcore" crafters. Overall improvement, more often than not, comes in a series of steps (back and forth), rather than the product of a single action. (And yes, I do realize the irony of that statement.)

This is what I hope the Dev's have planned. yes sir! /thumbsup