Let's be honest here. Crafting is all but dead thanks to Abyssea. Most people can just grab whatever cheap NPC-buyable armor they can and a few crappy weapons and solo to 30, then leech until they can get Abyssea armors and weapons.

There's a major gap between 30-70 as far as any gear or consumables, such as food or medicines, that just aren't needed or useful anymore. This, in turn, makes a lot of craft items useless.

So, what's in the future for crafting? I'm sure there are many crafters out there who wish they could still craft useful things.