Customized Crafting

When we craft, we are basically using a set recipe to craft an item. For example, an Iron Chandelier requires 5 Iron Ingots, 1 Coal, and 5 Silver Ingots. Pretty basic materials and just about anyone can craft one.

My idea would involve a recipe that could be customized.

Instead of everyone being able to make the same type of Chandelier, it would be nice if, after reaching a certain level, we could have the recipe customized which increases in difficulty as we level our crafting, to include, a choice of metal in crafting the item.

So, instead of Iron being the Primary Ingredient and Silver the Secondary Ingredient, why not allow metals to be mixed and matched and changed to a higher level ore so that Gold or Tungsten or Cobalt ore could be used, making the Prop a custom item with different colors and textures while at the same time adding more value.

Another idea, would be to have a blank slot for gem of choice. In addition to coal being needed to create the light, why not have a blank slot included after reaching a certain level of crafting where the crafter could insert, lets say, a Ruby for a Red Glow, or an Emerald for a Green Glow, etc.

Now, instead of everyone being able to craft the same Iron Chandelier, we now have customized props that will be worth a whole lot more.

Imagine the different lighting made available for your Build, Especially during the Holidays.