Quote Originally Posted by Bluetaro View Post
It's not an epeen issue. If it sounds that way I definitely don't intend for it to.

If you made the best items in the game purchasable with gil, why run end game content at all? Lots of players would skip primals/end game instances just to farm to purchase the best stuff.
Why would they? What's the point of having the 'best stuff' if not to run end-game content?

I'm not saying you should make crafting gear a lot worse, but at the very least SE should consider making them comparable with the PVE counterparts to give players more options.
Set bonuses. Solves the whole problem, and presents an interesting dilemma - do I break my set, and lose the bonuses, to get the uber set of boots with a couple of materia in them, or not?