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Just a thought, currently the item level for melded vs unmelded gear is the same. I suggest changing that. An item 250 crafted ring over-melded is completely different than a normal 250 ring from Alex. So many people skip melding gear because they are on a step at 260 then they just jump to 270. So another idea is to make the item's item level less than full potential, for instance: a ring is ilvl245 unmelded and ilvl250 fully melded. Just worth looking at in my opinion.
-Puff
There are cases where pentamelded gear was BiS for classes, at least this was what was suggested from people who raid. Since you mentioned i250 alex vs i250 crafted i did a bit of research and especially i250 alex slaying bracelet vs i250 crafted slaying bracelet.
Prototype Alex:
Strength: 66
Crit: 38
Determination: 52
Crafted:
Strength: 66
Accuracy: 54
Skill Speed: 38
Unfortunately i don't know stat priority for each dps class but crit/det seems a bit better for a dps than accuracy/sks. Even if you pentameld the crafted bracelet and even if ilvl is raised therefore strength, the i250 alex would maybe still be better not to mention the cost of buying + melding.
I am not saying that your suggestion is wrong but even if they do this it's just pointless as people would still prefer gear that "fixes" their stats.