Crafters have no right to get their own Chocobos

[Estellios]

While I agree with your sentiment of trying everything, it's not really fair. DoW/M aren't forced to learn a craft in order to gain access to all of the games content. If SE is going to do something like this, they need to add a serious perk for crafters and gatherers to balance things out.

For a long time repairing your own gear was incentive enough to level a crafting class, at least for myself and many people I knew.