There is seriously no rhyme or reason to anything that happens. Everything is clearly random, and it seems like there is no longer any "easy" way to level. No one knows what stats help what crafts, and now it isn't even clear what the difference between main hand and offhand are, other than slightly different stats.

Why do I have to create things up to 6 levels above myself just to get even remotely good experience? Even then I have to create 50 of them for a single level. 50! for one level! 5-7 levels above.

And inexplicably, as I get CLOSER to the level of the synth it begins to FAIL more and destabilize. What the hell? This is infuriating. Botching syntheses that sometimes I finish with 70 dura? Botching because I get 8 3/14 fails in a row, for no reason, even after using both makers muse and preserve?

Getting a destabilize on the first synth? Realy? Going chaotic on the next one despite it being white?

What the hell is wrong with crafting? It's seriously infuriating and now with grind synthing virtually taken out, it's ridiculous.