So here is my part on the crafting system.
- Gather items and try not to sell them.
- Check which items you are researchable. Save those items and keep research running! Try to keep research running on all 3 crafting stations at all time.
- Extract any items that you cannot research.
- Bunker trait gems.
- If you have enough traits researched per slot (try to keep them even) you can craft set items. Those require traits learned per slot.