I'll be making a new character soon,.and crafting seems so necessary to me. Being able to uograde iconics just seems so damn good. Obviously it takes a good chunk out of my build though as I need either 16 or 18 Technical.

I plan on going for a Blades slow time build,.same as my last character that I didn't finish.

This means I'll likely go Satori or Jinchumaru. I assume if I don't take crafting I'm forced to use Jinchu later on due to getting Satori so early on and not having the ability to upgrade it.

Jinchu is epic by default I think, am I losing a lot by not being able to upgrade it to legendary?

If I don't take crafting I'll likely go for Cool got Cold Blood.