Quote Originally Posted by Lyrinn View Post
We want to craft without spending hours of mind-numbing gathering to do so.
And some people want to clear Alexander Savage without having to raid for several hours every week for two+ months. But top-level endgame content is not and should not be for those not willing to put in an extraordinary level of effort.

Quote Originally Posted by Lyrinn
buying mats every single week at current prices isn't feasible.
Your statements about what is feasible seems incongruent with the facts. Some crafters have hundreds of millions of gil. At least one is capped at 999,999,999 gil. For you to allege that it "isn't feasable" for them to buy Favor mats every week is not credible.

Just yesterday I saw someone soliciting gatherers in the chat in Idylshire, offering to contract with them for supplies of Favor mats. So that proves it's feasible. Maybe not for you, but that's not my concern.