Proper crafted gear?

[Lyrinn]

I thought it was to stop RMT? Like, so people can't just buy the best gear off the MP and buy infinite materia to easily pentameld all of it the moment they hit 50 and be better than everyone who worked to get the best stuff. Same reason why dungeon gear is bind on pickup.

But there's no reason they can't do the same for crafted gear. All they have to do is make one of the mats be a rare dungeon drop, bind on pick-up, and then have the crafted gear be potentially better. That way, you have to successfully run the dungeon instead of bypassing it with crafted gear, and then you're rewarded with potentially better gear without relying on the garbage RNG drop system; and RMT can't abuse it because it's non-tradable.