Personally, I like crafting. I still go back to DOS2 sometimes to try to randomly mix things together and see if I can find new items, I made a fish pie!
But I'm a weirdo, when there's not a good RPG out I tend to go back to FTB and super complex magic crafting stuff.
I certainly would like to see a game with complex magic ritual crafting like FTB. But that's probably moving well outside of DnD territory.