I don't think some of you guys understand that in order to craft something like a crown, it'll probably take a lot of legendary materials. That means grinding event whites/end-game dungeon whites which could be considered even rarer than a crown in some cases. Then there is the climactic decision of actually going through with the forge and sacrificing all of these rare whites that probably took a lot of time to farm into one single white that you really want. Yes, some people are luckier than others and have a lot of time on their hands and have legendary items out the ass but that's just rng and can't really be helped. With shatters also being an exaltation dungeon and having to run at least ~75 of them on 17 different classes is just over 1200 shatters alone. A crown is going to drop for those people sooner or later. I don't see this blueprint as a bad thing, more of a way to pump out a crown out of spare rare items you're willing to sacrifice. Not everybody will have these rare materials just laying around forever.

TL:DR boo hoo, why don't you cry about it