Crafting needs to be fun or needs to be automated.

[AceofRains]

I would prefer a single minigame for all forms of synthesis, so that someone can be good at synthesis rather than just being good at a single recipe. Also, the choice whether or not to play the game (for greatly increased EXP and a chance of HQ) or not (for faster synths).

Failing that, I would prefer a completely automated system, so that I'm not disadvantaged because I don't want to buy an autofire controller.

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