Crafted Gear from Dungeons

[Dreadnought]

I agree with what you're saying at the bottom. Wasn't it said that all the best gear would be crafted? I'm not against chests and mobs dropping gear, but they should always drop craft-items like cloth, thread, scales or ores that can be made to enhance or create better gear.

Having all good gear Mob drop gear is a cop-out and is only catering to those who have been asking from day one to have it now now now.

Lately all these patches have been marginalizing crafters to the point where they deserve to lash out at least a little bit. Why buy gear when you can get decent gear from NM's? It's crap. Sure crafting can be fun but there are folks who do it to make gil, and to create armour for their friends. But when they can get it for free what's the use of leveling it?

but there are more folks who video game that dont enjoy dealing with crafting like the current crafting community wants. emphasizing crafting to the extent of it being required for the best gear is going to draw folks away from this game. MMO endgamers fight in dungeons for loot not mats, thats just how it is.
im not saying this game is ever going to steal players from any other MMO, but it certainly will not appeal to most non-FFXI players.

whats the use of leveling it? exactly though, the average MMO player does not want to level a craft as monotonous and slow to progress as the FFXIV craft system. im not saying crafting shouldnt exist, but i think in the end its the over all wrong idea to require crafting to allow a player to be geared at their best.

another thing they can do is make actual gear a much smaller drop rate and mats much higher. this would allow for players with bad luck for gear to at least slowly collect the mats and try obtaining it through someone crafting. and if they get their gear just by chance on first drop... then great! some people got kraken clubs on first drop, nothing to complain about there, chance effects everyone.