Crafting in SWG was really nice and involved.
Successfull creating tailored animals for riding, combat and as pets was an art.
(Who did not enjoy sneaking up on a rancor or krayt dragon of the purest breed to borrow a single drop of blood ...)
I had people come to me, dish out huge amounts credits and not complain if it took 3 weeks to brew up the animal exactly to their specification.
For perfect results, you needed perfect buffs, perfect tools, perfect clothes, perfect machines, perfect resources.
Gathering all of these did cost a premium too, and you had to know who could supply you with them.
Then we took a CU and a NGE to the knee.
The crafting in Vanguard is done nicely too, along with the class and social systems.
Crafting while being tired or distracted and killing yourself in the process is priceless!