Leaked rotations? It's the old 3 star rotation with an extra step. If it took you millions to work it out, you did something wrong. The whole problem is that 4 star has no benefit for end game other than glamor.

To make things worse, many people who play this game for end game battle have no real means of making the sheer amount of funds needed for a full glamor set without buying gil. Especially when there are better glamor sets. To make things worse, once the level cap is raise, all current gear becomes obsolete.

As for the loss you are talking about, there is only a potential loss with the 3 star artisan off hands because those need to be HQ and the 4 star foragers vest. The rest of the gear is mostly used for glamor and most crafting requests are for normal quality and not high quality.