I think the crafting is fairly easy in this game, and I’ve crafted some nice useful items for myself. Thing is, if you want to discover all recipes and such, there is some grinding involved, but most people won’t discover everything.
I’m thinking crafting should be a difficult if you really want to master it and for special high level items it should be HARD. Otherwise there’s no money in it and nothing special to get to the highest level.
I like the way it’s built right now, that there is some grinding involved in getting the rare recipes. You can still level your crafting easily and be on the same level as the zones you’re in, if you don’t bother discovering EVERYTHING. Not everything should be easy. I’m hoping that end game crafting of really awesome items will involve some difficulty, allowing only the most devoted crafters to pursue it.