theres a decent amount. off the top of my head, soul glaives, stone armor, woodland armor, and composite bows are what are usually really a pain for me to have to sort out the non-exceptional. smithy is ok cuase i just use a plus hammer but the others it becomes very time consuming. your right tho, depending on what your crafting regular bonus sometimes isnt needed. for stuff like inscription, and tinkering (altho its kinda pointless to craft 5ssi rings anymore) it would be the opposite, dont really need the exceptional but need the regular.