About Crafting

[Kiroh]

I heard someone mention inventory clutter and I got to thinking about why I'm constantly sitting on 98-100 items on my character and 2 full retainers at nearly all times. The truth is that at least 75% of my inventory and storage space at any given time is filled by crafting materials (and my highest craft is R21 Weaver). This is just slightly out of hand here, and I really want to urge SE to simplify crafting recipes.

For instance :

Say you want to make one (1) Blue Cotton Robe. Well then you'll need :

1 Cotton Robe front (Blue)

For which you need :

Celeste Blue Cotton Cloth x3
Undyed Hempen Cloth x1
Cotton Yarn x1

For which you'll need :
Cotton Yarn x1 = Cotton Boll x2
Undyed Hempen Cloth x1 = Hempen Yarn x3 = Moko Grass x2
Celeste Blue Cotton Cloth x3 = Cotton Yarn x 3 and
Celeste Blue Cotton Dye x1 = Distilled Water x1, Alumen x1, Distilled Water x1

And after that you still need to make :

Cotton Robe Back (Blue) x1
Squirrel Fur Shoulder Guards x1
Sheep Leather Strap (Taupe) x1
Cotton Yarn x1
Cotton Sleeves (Blue) x1

The first time I crafted one of these, just making the materials needed to make the crafting mats took me no less than an hour. This is just slightly ridiculous already.

So I wanted to know what you guys think of crafting. I know a lot of people have spent a good deal of the last several months crafting to pass the time, and I'd like to know what you all would think of a major overhaul of the crafting recipe system.