Suggestion: Another Get Rid of Crafter Elemental Crystals thread.

Reviving this discussion which I am sure pops up every now and again over here.

I was crafting some Dark Rye Flour and suddenly ran out of Fire Crystals.

For a game that is so deep into adding QoL for people this seems to be the one thing crafters will never get removed.
And then those of us who avoid spending Gil on the marketboard are stuck reducing collectibles that spawn every 10minutes or running around in some ARR zone for hours on end to get enough for all the crafts.

As if collecting materials for the food item isn't enough right?

Why keep this system in? does it serve some greater purpose that I just can't see, or is it just a relic from a bygone era?

+1 to this.

It is so annoying when I want to craft some food and remain without any crystals.
There should at least be a vendor who would sell them for cheap.

I feel like Culunarian and Alchemist crystals need a rebalance, since with those 2 you mass-craft piles of food ane pots

The other jobs are just fine, but maybe tweaking the crystal costs for Cul and Alc would be nice QoL

(To be clear, I would be fine with the entire removal of crystals, just suggesting a different approach)