I haven't played game yet and ı know witcher 3 and bg 3 different type of games but ı think the crafting system that w3 have is pretty good.
The point is that we are not blacksmiths, we are adventurers. We can't possibly know all the secret methods of blacksmithing. Of course a "bs" could know better.
But we can collect the materials. While crafting in Dos2 I had came so unhinged. It is so boring to try every comb. of stuffs on bench. I dont wanna be a blacksmith it s opposite of my rpg style.
What were you before you started adventuring? Artisan? blacksmith. You have to consider you had a life before you became a "adventurer".
D&D HAS CRAFTING IN THE GAME, you hypocrites want to complain that it is not D&D but dos3, but then want to cherry pick it. D&D period has tons of junk in it, grappling hook to silver/gold cups and plates as treasure, just tons and tons of junk. That is why you have donkeys & wagons, so when you finish you adventure you can stock up on what? Your reward at the end with treasure/junk.
Kind of funny, no one made you pick up all that stuff on the bench in the first place. People complain about stuff they don't have to do, like it's mandatory.
Crafting in most games is secondary, a crappy crafting system is not even that.
