... you know this just dawned on me and I forgot to mention it, and I know its a "duh Maelor" thing, but even if they would add a few crafted things near the top, that have an appearance that can ONLY be gotten from that crafted item, then we could glamour them over the hive or gordian or whatever if we wanted to. This way crafting would still be "needed" to make a unique item, and it would be powerful so as not to hold us back, and crafters would be "needed" again for the glamouring part. Case in point, the wootz scimitar or shamshir or whatever that sword was. I dont think anything looked like it, it was unique and if you want your weapon to look like it you NEED to craft. Maybe just some newer recipes that look like nothing else?