Well you can have your opinion I disagree with some of the things you said.

For the most part it takes 2 patches to replace a high end piece of gear (more than 6 months). The highest grade of tome item for example once you get it and its upgraded. It wont be until the next high end patch that it gets replaced. The last thing we need is situational gear or gear that last the entire life of the current patch series/expansion. Doesn't work in MMOs anymore.

Crafting should never make the best gear in a game: Reason is people can just make money and buy it. Nothing wrong with making crafters make stepping stones to get into content quicker, but having them make the "best" gear in the game doesn't help. Even if its materials are dropped in endgame you'd have a VERY small number of people taking advantage of and monopolizing it since not everyone is interested in crafting. Crafting has issues for sure. but that isn't it.