Quote Originally Posted by Economizer View Post
The standard reply to this is something about it affecting crafting and prices on the AH.
It's still worth asking again, in the context of mid-2015 FFXI. With the sales moogles from the first chapter of Rhapsodies, it's very clear that there's less concern now about maintaining AH prices for crafted consumables even if it was a concern before.

Besides, who's buying automaton oil from crafters? There are currently ZERO stacks of any quality oil available on the AH on my server. And a grand total of 7 stacks of Oil+3 have sold on my server in the entirety of 2015. There is absolutely no reason to protect a crafting market that clearly does not exist.

Changes for player convenience have been much more common in the past year, and this is a great example of a very easy implementation that would hurt nothing and make things more convenient for Puppetmasters.