I originally traded the CRP i180 mainhand because of such impressive stats, which helped me out in making my accessories. But in the end, I still spent the extra time and money to craft out an HQ i170 saw and melded 4 CP there.

Something tells me that at this point, a lot of us already have red tokens to spare... So, apart from making more HQ astral lumbers / adamantite ingots etc to sell, it's also not a bad idea to think about the possibility of acquiring some i180 mainhands / chest pieces. Maybe not now, but some time in the future when we need even more stats to craft 3 star items in patch 3.2..... So having some spare tokens saved up isn't a bad idea.

Heck, one can even use an i180 chest, but glamor it with an i170 chest so one can dye it! That's not a bad idea since it saves soooo much melding fee, yet one can enjoy the dyeable version of it! I'm long gone from the game now, but hey, it's something you people can consider in the future!