I'm not saying it should be easier or anything, but it feels like the only effective way to level a craft is to do Leves, and the very limited amount of Leves you get can be used up very quickly just trying to gain a few levels after a while.

I know that the best use of Leves is to turn in HQ items but sadly I haven't figured out the best way to do that, it seems like an incredibly frustrating process to say the least and I end up failing 9/10 times.

At this point fighting Hardmode Primals seems like a cake walk in comparison to leveling Crafting...