Honestly, I'm also disappointed with how crafting is being handled in FFXIV.


Of course I'm not saying that dungeons and quests can't give gear. Low level gear being currently worthless has a lot more to do with the rapid leveling than easily accessible gear. HQ gear is often times better than dungeon/aetherial gear of comparable level, but why bother investing in HQ stuff when in a couple of hours you're already high enough in level to equip the next set?. But some BiS items should involve crafting so crafting has some relevance.

At the very least dungeon gear should be meldable. The decision to not allow them to be melded is just the final nail in the crafters coffin. That's why I just level them to gear myself for fun, because unless a lot of things change, both DoH and DoL are pretty meaningless.