Redo the Crafting system.

[MN_14]

If they removed Heart of the Crafter and bumped up the proc rate for Good/Excellent close to what it was back in 2.x, then Specialist Skills could've been more viable.
As a final question, let me ask you this; when was the last time you used Observation?

I don't think bumping the proc rate back up would be a good idea because it'd completely break the balance for both cross class omni-crafters and single class specialist crafters. What they really need is a new mechanic to influence your wheel stacks, not good procs, which can be used for massive CP recovery or PT. The current rates are actually balanced for an omni-crafter to get just enough good procs to craft a 4* from 0-100% on an average run.

The spec abilities are massively overpowered at lower level recipes because of high proc rates. I know that some players had issues with crafting the master 2 tokens with only a single class at 60, but they would have breezed through them had they tried using the spec abilities. I've tried them myself with the following:

- level 60
- ~430 craftsmanship and control
- 400 CP
- no cross class skills except the level 15 ones of which I only used a handful
- spec abilities: whistle, satisfaction, nymeia's wheel, byregot's miracle

And the results absolutely shocked me:

- Used whistle, satisfaction, TOT for CP recovery and nymeia's wheel for cheaper durability restores when appropriate
- Generally most runs had me using HT a whopping 18-21 times, which gives you no problems building 11 stacks of IQ under SH1 with several touches on top of that, without even considering PT. You get back so much CP that you're drowning in it
- Clearly overpowered on a single class basis, never-mind multi-class

They really need to remove the link between whistle stack reduction and possible use of TOT.

As a side note, I don't know about other crafters but I actually do use observe somewhat regularly. There have been a number of situations where my quality fell a bit short and where I had excess CP but did not have any other better ability to use as a bait for a good proc. It isn't as effective as in ARR when the proc rates were higher, but it's allowed me to bump my results up to 100% on numerous occasions. It's not something I would use even a quarter of the time, but it's a skill that I'm definitely mindful of.

As for FS, well without Maker's Mark, it really is only a "training ability" that is useful for leveling other crafting classes when the 40 progress given by FS exceeded other options. Maker's Mark was introduced for the very reason of giving it more relevance.