Oh SE, You completely missed the main problem with endgame crafting/gathering

[Aeyis]

I randomly picked a piece of gear and went with the BSM body
The difference between the i170 HQ melded, and the i180 token piece is 22 craftsmanship and 7 control. I don't call that miniscule.

The chest and the main hand are the 2 exceptions to this. For the rest the upgrades arent very big.
Altho amusingly enough considering the degree of the stats on the main hand, and the glamouring use of the chestpiece, those are even more valuable as a result.

Wait, when did they change it so that you couldn't use gear that can't be dyed for glamor? I must have missed that change.

You can also glamour the worst looking item you can find. That's up to you.

There's actually no overlooking on that end. When 2-star was introduced, 3.0 gear was no longer BiS.

You are argueing for arguments sake here. Since noone actually has something literally the moment it is introduced, it was still BiS.

Don't worry,I'm happy.

That's good to hear.

So you're saying we should wait until that BiS gear is needed, and then complain about how to acquire it? If you don't think it ever will be needed, then why is it even in the game? In either situation there is something drastically wrong with the system.

But that makes sense. We cannot have that.