I really wish they would expand crafting combinations so that they make more sense and so we can make items by using several combinations and still get some.
In a system like this you really need those recipe books or else you are down to guessing and searching for recipes online.
For example:
"Wooden Stick + Bowstring = Bow
Wooden Stick + Wooden Branch = Crossbow"
How does this make any sense?
Why cant i make a bow with a wooden branch too?
Since when are bows made out of sticks?
And why doesnt crossbow demand some metal scraps or metal rods - metal whatever? The "Limb" of the crossbow is made out of metal, not wood.
I wont even mention we are using arrows for crossbows too... oh wait i just did. I can look over that as it would require one more ammo type in the game but at least make crossbow crafting make more sense.
"Tongs + Scraps of cloth/leather = Crafted Mace (2H)"
... wut? Why not those metal rods we find so often?
And how do i make a singlehanded mace then?
I could go on for days about this but im guessing this is still simply an unfinished feature.
A lot of recipes dont work, or you cant use all "cutting tools" but only specific knives and so on.
But if recipes remain weird like this and there is lack of crafting recipe books as there is now the whole feature will suck. Although it doesnt need to and it is easy to enhance it in simple and easy to understand and guess ways.
