Player-Centered Crafting Design 2

I've previously suggested that we distinguish between "manufacturing"-type crafting for the Achievers (which is the only way it's conceived in most MMORPGs) and "creative"-type crafting for the Explorers. A game with a crafting system designed with that distinction in mind would, I think, be an improvement over existing games.

But we could take this even further. What if we could design a single crafting system with four integrated emphases:

KEIRSEY	BARTLE	GNS	PURPOSE	GAMEPLAY
Guardian	Achiever	Gamist	manufacturing	mass-produce items to compete in economic sub-game
Artisan	[Manipulator]	[Experientialist]	craftsmanship	virtuoso use of tools to enhance aesthetic or functional properties of items
Rational	Explorer	Simulationist	creativity	experiment with crafting system to invent new kinds of items
Idealist	Socializer	Narrativist	story-telling	tag item types and some individual items with backstories for roleplaying

(Note: These are just suggestions for gameplay that would expose the non-manufacturing and non-sales aspects of crafting that are attractive to other kinds of gamers. I'm sure there are other possible crafting features that could do as good a job or better than the gameplay ideas I've tentatively proposed here.)

Current MMORPGs make all would-be crafters play through the Achiever-oriented crafting features in order to get to the limited amount of creative or artistic or dramatic gameplay that they actually prefer. In a crafting system like the one I've outlined above, players would be able to specialize their characters in the modes of play that are fun for them.

Of course there'd be a cost to this "additional" development. The question is whether those costs would be offset by the revenue from the non-Achievers looking for a more balanced gameworld.