Create Artifact coming late with Artificer?

[Anskiy]

Artificer is an alright retort if you want to go for a hero centric strategy. The half cost on item creation definitely helps make heroes more viable. However, in my experience Create Artifact comes a bit too late. While I understand that the powers on artifacts can be a bit too strong for the mid game, in practice the Rare tier has quite a few dangerous spells to wait on making a set of artifacts, even if you rush the spell. Good artifacts after all cost a lot of MP and tie up your overland skill. In my current Nomad Life + Chaos Artificer game, I found that I only had time to upgrade Theria's accessory with Create Artifact. After that I had to summon Chimeras to protect her while also defending my western front with Marcus, and that ate up a lot of my overland skill. Maybe Create Artifact should be a late uncommon if the powers on artifacts are a balance concern?

[Suppanut]

I think create artifact could coming as late uncommon if item ability could be gradually unlock separate from create artifacts or mere number of books (something like some ability require some specific spell to be research, some need to unlock specific number of common/uncommon/rare in specific realm, etc.