Quote Originally Posted by StouterTaru View Post
If crafted gear was equal ilvl to top level gear, it would be BiS every single time. It's very often comparable, occasionally situationally better than gear 20 levels up.
It wouldn't be bis every time, if you removed the materia slots. Or by leaving the materia slots in, it'd give players the chance to make different gear sets, rather than forcing everyone to wear the same, or be gimped.