what’s the best quality tools now if not craftsman?
I vote for DeWalt. The ordinary DeWalt line you can get at Home Depot is good and they have lasted me for a number of years, but they aren't really for 2000-hour-per-year use. You'll get a much tougher product (with a much bigger price) if you buy the same DeWalt tool from Grainger. The things marketed through HD are intended for homeowners; Grainger sells to the building trades.
Porter-Cable used to be superb twenty years ago--I still have various power saws from them that I bought 20-25 years ago, and they work beautifully despite all my abuse and cruelty to them. But Porter-Cable is not what it once was. Same with Milwaukee. I would not have one of the new Milwaukee power tools anymore. Black & Decker is complete junk. Construction supervisors on building sites will tell you that they give their carpenters a Skilsaw at the beginning of a job and expect to replace them immediately after one or two stick houses are built; but they themselves use DeWalt power tools.
I'm generalizing of course and there are other excellent lines for specific applications. Good luck with your projects.