Quote Originally Posted by Mugiawara View Post
I hate to be whiny, but I am getting quite tired of these "No" like responses. Like why can't you do anything for the crafters?
Because people said 1.x did nothing right - meaning involving crafters in content was "wrong" too, so Yoshida changed it to where crafting and such is worthless (in the grand scheme of things.) Look at Aetherial gear while leveling - That's HQ stats+ Bonus unless you waste gil melding something that'll only be useful for 1 or 2 levels max.

Sadly, a lot of ARR's changes are here from the loudest group during 1.x polls.