After they made NPC repairs 99% in 1.19 theres no real reason to need to craft if you dont want to. The point of having materia and all that stuff is to give crafters a job. If you think u NEED to craft because of materia then that means u also NEED to do all the DoL so you can get the catalysts yourself. The point is to rely on other people, not everything has to, nor is intended to, be done by yourself, the object of a MMO is to work with other people.