i don't get why they are so afraid of crafting and the economy.

you know what was good, the original relic quest that got your i80 weapon.

it's a quest so that you still have to kill stuff, you have mats that drop from a dungeon, you have materia that is obtained by spiritbonding. you mix all the parts of the game to make something useful. and you can have a lot of that stuff sold on the marketboard so lazy people don't have to get everything themselves.

the best items in the game should be made from trade-ins, that require 1 drop from difficult content + 1 crafted piece.

the crafted piece should use materials from
- folklore gathering OR aetherial reduction
- DF chest drop
- NPC catalyst

any 2 of
- treasure map drop
- hunt seal trade-in
- uncapped tomestone trade-in
- desynthesis
- rare FATE trade-in (Odin, Behemoth, Coeurlregina, etc)