It is a great game to be engrossed in and to be fair, leveling crafting takes a while before you run into said problems. I played a LOT. It's been worth the money for me and without a monthly subscription, I can come back any time after they implement some changes. It's just very frustrating at this point, because we're kinda inbetween the hype and long-term. This game needs full servers to keep these crafting stations going, but many players have left, so we'll need the server merges they are working on.
And I really do hope they'll do something about storage space 😅