Armorsmith Archive

I am confused about the crafting xp. I am not sure why there is a crafting tree in FS. I hand make all my armor - I only use factories for the layers, segs and cores. Yet it takes me days to max xp to convert, yet in combat, you can max it quickly. I think there should be extra xp added to hand made armor and also for when people purchase it. Seems there is also less xp now compared to before the CU. I wish I wrote down the xp I use to get, I know I could max it on a weekend. Now it takes a week. Anyone else not thrilled about crafting xp and fs conversion? Maybe it would go quicker if I went arch and armorsmith - is anyone else trying to fill the FS crafting tree?