They really my as well give you an auto-pilot option if they're dead set on having crafting require such a ridiculous amount of time. When I craft, and I'm not even that high level in anything, it's all about playing in lolwindowed mode and browsing reddit while hitting circle on my ps3 controller every 2-3 seconds.

The WoW system of crafting would be less tedious, but 1) there would be cries and screams and rage on the forums and 2) removing tedium from the process would result in crafting seeming "too easy."

I think it's just doomed to suck.