One thing they did really stupid is the FC crafting thingy.
Soo it took me an hour to get 2 people to come to my basement
and it took me 5 seconds to click the button and watch the cutscene.

I am having so fun helping my crafters in the FC by gathering things for them while they do the crafting (and I even crafted a lvl 36 thing as weaver so I was so proud!)
But as soon as we are done and need a light party, the fun disappears and I need to shout for another hour for people to come watch me press a button.

It's like SE have fun ideas, but they always make them complex to make them boring, annoying, vexing, inconvenient. Pick your word!

That is something they need to learn