Thanks for the advice, I've been crafting (when I have time to actually play) the recipes requiring the least amount of ingredients for the most part or what I have in my inventory from doing other random tasks. Although I have crafted a lot of the food that gives +3% exp points I have not been eating it while crafting, it never dawned on me to do so! I'll start doing that for sure, I've just been making sure to log out in an inn so I can bank in on the rested exp. Crafting in this game is such much different than other MMOs as it is it's own class, haha. I do like it that way though, its more interesting.