Quote Originally Posted by Sibyll View Post
It's not really a matter of work but rather the lack of any chance for people to catch up in crafting.
It's the same way for everything. You don't just ding 50 as a DoW/DoM and get fully equipped in top level gear in a week or two. Within a couple major patches, you can very easily be on top.

Top tier crafters have put in quite a bit of effort to be in that position, you can easily reach it too with much less effort than it took them. If you don't want to put in the effort, you're always going to be a tier or two down from them.