Crafting Bench POE1 reaction

Crafting in POE1 was so much better, wtf happened?

I guess runes are good though.

But using a VAAL orb to gamble, its not crafting, it might as well be called gambling. Even requiring to farm a ritual omen just to gamble. There is no crafting involved in that, just gambling. It's cooked.

Orb of Alteration in POE1 at least let us re-roll without bricking the item.
In POE2 i guess we have to collect normal items of the same type to gamble on repeatedly, to be bricked later on by exalt orbs anyways.