I mean if I want to play UO, I'll play UO. The important thing is LoA is inspired by UO, not trying to replicate it. There were many things that UO got wrong, hell there's many it still gets wrong.
Crafting is boring to me, so I can't speak to that. I do know several crafters who are enjoying the system. But like everything else right now it's buggy and unbalanced.
It's also nothing like Albion. Not real sure how you can even make that connection.