The current mini game doesn't stop us from all have lvl 50 crafts ya know.

The fact is that the time spent doing it stops most from wanting to invest that time, even with an autoated system there will be a big time sink in getting to level 50.

If it becomes such a problem maybe they would need to add a system similar to how FF11 allowed you only to excell in one crafting class, although I'm sure there are better ways to do this like specialising in one class.

The majority of sales will no doubt be in HQ items once the new system is added anyway and will still require a great deal of work.