Can't craft Focus Altars on the Base without putting in Hardened Steel Bars

This one can be very problematic. If you put all your Hardened Steel Bars on the base and not take out the excesses they will be wasted.

How to replicate:

  1. Go to any operational Leyshrine
  2. Have at least more than 10 Hardened Steel Bars handy
  3. Try to craft Focus Altar without putting in yet the bars - can’t.
  4. Put all the Hardened Steel Bars in the Base.
  5. Craft Focus Altar
  6. If you don’t take out the excess, they will be gone forever.

Doesn’t make the issue less annoying, but I think that’s an old bug.

it wasn’t like this before, probably brought back

Very possible. Here’s an old report about the issue:

The thread (i. e. Stelagel) says the surplus materials drop in a bag beside the altar.