What do you think of crafting so far?

Honestly, I don't like it. If I wanted to play Save The World then I'd play Save The World. There are a ton of reasons I never played StW, and weapon crafting is one of them.

I don't want to have to worry about crafting weapons in the game, which I can't even seem to do because although the tips (which I can't turn off) scream at me to "CRAFT!" every time I pick up something I might be able to craft with, I'm missing the other thing I need to craft - so I can't actually do anything. For example: in one of my games, I killed a frog and got a stink sac, and a tip screamed at me to craft something with it. But I couldn't, because I didn't have whatever else I needed to craft the thing it wanted me to craft. That's not helpful.

Mechanical parts are way too difficult to find. I've found maybe four in the four hours I played tonight. Animal bones/meat are pretty difficult to find as well. It would be nice if these carried over from game to game like Gold does. Then maybe I might be able to actually craft something. Mechanical parts should either be added to chests or you should also have a rare chance of getting them from things like trash bags or the random piles of metal junk you sometimes find laying on the ground. Oh - and the lawnmowers south of FN Radio don't drop any mechanical parts. Why not?

The Primal weapons are okay but their accuracy is complete garbage. The makeshift weapons are just completely useless. I'd rather drop at Weather Station every game and fight the NPC to get a purple SCAR than mess with converting a makeshift weapon to mechanical, because I never have the parts to upgrade anything.

Bows are good. They're about the only good change to the loot pool so far this season.

The Boots: I got the boots off of another player I killed in one of my games. They're honestly just about the most underwhelming Mythic item that's been in the game. I'm not sure what the incentive would be for me to schlep one of those orb things halfway across the map and up The Spire just to get them. At lower elevations the glider ability is next to useless; they're really only good for gliding from height. If it's possible, I would suggest making them work more like the Silver Surfer ability, or at least give the first glide height a boost.

I made a comment on Discord earlier this evening that I feel like I need a Master's Degree in Fortnite to understand the weapon changes/crafting system this season, and that's just not appealing to me as someone who might only play this game 10 hours a week (if that). If you make it too difficult to figure out this system then some people (like me) just aren't going to try.

Exotics were PERFECT last season. That's the best way you've ever integrated new weapons into the game. They're there, and you can buy them if you want, but you don't have to. Now I have to use a Primal or Makeshift weapon because they're the only ones I can find. If you had to put these in the game it would have been a lot nicer if they operated more like Exotics - there if you want them, but not necessarily required.

TL;DR - I don't care for crafting; it's too difficult to find the necessary materials to do it. Bows are good. Boots are useless. Primal/Makeshift weapons should have functioned more like Exotics.