40 - 50 for most crafts is leve-based now. That's not a bad thing. This grind can be done very easily and over about 10 days, to boot. Just get the local leves from in-town NPCs, hasty hand them, rinse, repeat. The bonus SP is about 3.2 - 3.5k per leve, regardless of quality. You can earn more SP based on the item synthed (if done normally) but at a time expense.