When I say FC3 and Mastercraft "hurt" less than Aethersands, Favor Mats, and Red Scrip items, the term should easily be understood as a term relative to the given economies at the time. So no need for the first response because it doesn't address any points.

You never said you liked scrips. The post was merely a conditional.

As for your last paragraph, no. I pretty much just addressed the absurdity of claiming that 3.0 had a smaller barrier than 2.x in terms of high level crafting.