I actually rather liked the comedy element of crafting: there's always been a lot of silly humour in the Divinity games and I am a little concerned that DOS2 may be a bit too serious for its own good. Don't get me wrong, I'm actually enjoying the darker, more serious story, but I would still like that offbeat humour to be there.
And I think things like the leather straps on an anvil to make boots is fair enough: okay, an anvil isn't a last, but it's about the closest thing we can expect to find in the game. Okay, there is the small matter that our character is somehow an experienced swordsmith, bowyer, fletcher, chemist and everything else but I guess I enjoyed the crafting system. Let me live vicariously and make cool stuff without having to learn how to do it first!
