I mainly play Survival now. I like the controlled 90 minute experience and the tension of clearing landmarks and gearing up.

Now that I've extracted a half dozen times I'm wondering what you considering to be essential items to craft. Here's my list. Generally speaking I try to craft the bare minimum throughout the experience and rely on NPC drops as much as possible. For example I never waste fabric on crafting clothing outside of the very first safe house. Obviously I craft a filter, advanced filter, and additional medkit as soon as possible.

Weapons:

• Assault rifle (green) of choice ASAP
• SRS Sniper (purple) before entering DZ
• G36 and M44 (HE) after getting enough Div Tech

Weapon Mods

• 12X Scope (green)
• Extended Mag x2 (green)
• Omega Suppressor (blue)
• Grip x2 (purple)

Gear

• Holster (purple, before entering DZ - if you're still on a green)
• HE gear as resources allow in DZ

Gear Mods

• Random (what am I missing here?)

Skills

• Pulse
• First Aid
• Turret (less common for my play style)

Edit - I play on console so that might affect my crafting and play style.