Most players have automated ore processing systems of one kind or another and don't keep any actual ore hanging around. When crafting guide recommends making things using ores as a base item, it actually makes it harder to figure out how to follow the plan since they need to substitute ingots in their head.
SOLUTION
The recipes for creating dusts, etc. should be re-sequenced to make the recipes to get dust from ingots higher-priority than from ores.
PROBLEM
Most players have automated ore processing systems of one kind or another and don't keep any actual ore hanging around. When crafting guide recommends making things using ores as a base item, it actually makes it harder to figure out how to follow the plan since they need to substitute ingots in their head.
SOLUTION
The recipes for creating dusts, etc. should be re-sequenced to make the recipes to get dust from ingots higher-priority than from ores.