Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
Honestly, this is the way it should be. People shouldn't need huge amounts of gil if they want to raid and do primals. Having it come from battle content is the way to do it.
No one is asking for it to be superior, we've been asking for it to be on-par. One way FFXI got around some of these issues is to have crafted items that required tokens, called abjurations to unlock their potential. They were endgame in their strength, but still required the owner to do some fighting to obtain those tokens.

Crafters go through a lot of trouble to make what is essentially vanity-wear at the end of the day. It's really disappointing that people see us as money-hoarding villains to the extent they need to deny us any truly useful crafts.