The “/pat” is what really sells the condescension.
In my old-school opinion (crafting since vanilla), the new system adds complexity and choices which can optimize the progression if you choose well, but can also increase costs and reliance on RNG or timegated abilities.
I can work with it, but I’m not always thrilled that it’s now a full-fledged minigame with its own progression and talent system for no material reason, other than that the devs thought it would be cool and count as “content”.