I think SE knows exactly what they are doing, which to me, is prolonging the time people continue playing until the expansion. Making these items available via Allied Seals is a tremendous 'carrot on a stick' to the huge majority of the player base that doesn't or cannot do FCoB. Knowing that by just grinding out a ton of AS to buy enough logs to get their gear to full i130 (not even going to point out that if people aren't doing Coil - like me -- they don't even need anything really above i110), many people will do just that. Soon, I expect SE to further incentivize people to continue playing through to the expansion by releasing these items in WoD -- which people will then spam until they are done, much like people do now with sands and oils. By the time everyone is done chasing the full i130 or whatever the max is gear treadmill, Heavensward will be here and all of that gear will be reset with a new treadmill beginning at level 60.