I recently took a 6 month break from the game. Imagine my surprise when I found out that crystalshaping is a lairshaper skill, BUT YOU ONLY GET EXPERIENCE FOR IT AS A DRAGON CRAFTER!
The game even says "You did not receive any experience for making this item because the skill(s) used to do so are not primary skills of your current school." This is blatantly false, crystalshaping IS a primary skill of the lairshaper school!
This is entirely illogical - it means you cannot shape crystals in order to get better at shaping crystals. The experience system in the game, or in any game, represents the idea that practicing something allows you to improve your skill at whatever you happen to be practicing. Given that, how can one possibly claim that repeatedly making crystals will not, over time, increase your proficiency?
This is a glaring hole in an otherwise superb crafting system, and I hope that the devs come to their senses and either make crystalshaping a skill for dragon crafters, or grant lairshapers experience for making crystals.
To that end, I am starting a petition here in this thread. If you believe as I do, then please add your name to this thread.