I agree. Crafting is usually pointless and a waste of time in nearly every game.
It's either OP or useless, but developers insist on cramming it in, simply because they feel it HAS to be in there.
Development time and resources are better spent elsewhere IMHO.
After you, you're supposed to be adventurers, not blacksmiths. Leave that to the professionals.
Abso-bloody-lutely.
I don't mind crafting in the sense of the odd powerful item can be crafted for you by experts if you find the 5 magical shards of Narsil within the cupboard of Narnia under the stairs of harry potter in a galaxy far far away, but I don't want to be spending half the game crafting useless gear or making shops utterly redundant.
