Originally Posted by jwmeep 
Many people are having mixed reactions about crafting. Some claiming it should have been in the game in the first place, others not really caring for it since so many games have crafting systems.
I don't really recall crafting being Baldur's Gate or Planescape.
Crafting doesn't do much for me. I like a little bit (like the flail of ages in BG2), but having it as a major part of the game doesn't interest me that much UNLESS that's the only way to gain powerful items. The problem with crafting in NWN2, imo, was that while there were a ton of things you could with crafting, there were so many powerful items, why bother?