Crafting needs to be fun or needs to be automated.

[Nabiri]

I'd like interactive and engaging rather than automated. If things become automated, (if that means what I think it does..) I can't see crafting being fun at all. o.o; I can't see myself saying "I really enjoy crafting!" Seems like there wouldn't really be anything to do.
I would enjoy a quick but interactive mini-game type of thing for each synth. No longer than crafting usually takes, but something interesting. If things become automated I can see a lot of crafters (like myself) who enjoy crafting getting bored.

Currently it's not very fun or interesting to most, but at LEAST there is something to do.
I'd be upset if you just pressed 2 buttons and your item popped into existence. XD That would be pretty boring.

Edit: Unless... To level up you had to actually make things the interactive way, but then later, when you had the levels to make things you could choose to make them automatically then.
So you still work for your levels, but can have fun with a mini-game doing so, and could craft things to sell quickly.