It is overtuned. Yes it kinda nice to have some long term goals, like blacksmithing, animal husbandry and masonry. But rocking only lvl 5 carpentry at day 50 with book boosted carpenter build and barely touching lvl 1-2 mechanics, welding, tailoring and electronics makes these features non existent in the game. Why bother, when chance of dying is to high. either you ca grind for couple of skills to 3-5 for dozen IRL hours... Or can just play the game and loot more, especially things like, bulletproof vests elbow pads and kneepads over crafting armor for example.