Yeah, one thing I always wished would be easier / less expensive in FFXI is crafting. It takes forever to get to the top levels of some things and it's not worth the money in a lot of cases, too. But I did a bit of a few things despite that purely because it's a neat thing to do. I hope it's better in this game. I don't mind if it's just as time consuming OR just as expensive, but it would well and truly suck it if were still both of those things. I want to be a blacksmith.