The quests got me to dust off my crafters, and it reminded me why I stopped crafting to begin with...it's so expensive. Thank goodness it's so easy to get Gil now, I can actually afford to keep doing it. Protip though for people doing these quests, stick with a single crafting class for them. Every reputation tier requires a higher crafting level to have good odds of success (starting at level 5, Tier 5 requires like level 25 or 30), and some of the quests to unlock the next tier get really annoying otherwise (I'm looking at you, Gerolt).