What if there were no loot restrictions in normal mode raids from release day?

[Ilan]

It'd completely invalidate crafted gear. Why bother with gathering mats/spending gil on mats/spending gil on the finished product, when you can just spam Alphascape for gear with the same iLvl?

Why would i get the gear from alphascape if the crafted gear is better? Sure i could do that for classes i don't play often but for the ones i play crafted gear is way easier to get.

[Nezerius]

Why would i get the gear from alphascape if the crafted gear is better?

That'll depend on which stats are preferred by each job, and the player's willingness of going through the complete "joy" of the overmelding system.

Sure i could do that for classes i don't play often but for the ones i play crafted gear is way easier to get.

Easier to get if you have Gil, crafters leveled (and geared) or have geared crafter friends.

[Ilan]

That'll depend on which stats are preferred by each job, and the player's willingness of going through the complete "joy" of the overmelding system.

Thats why i said if its better and if the stats are better you don't even have to overmeld, which isn't that bad btw.

[Nezerius]

Thats why i said if its better and if the stats are better

Your initial wording only includes the first half of this, and the message is easily conveyed as you saying that crafted gear is better in general.
Something along the lines of this would've been much more clear: "Why would I get a piece from Alphascape, if it's crafted equivalent has stats better suited to the job it's for?"

you don't even have to overmeld, which isn't that bad btw.

As someone who has been overmelding DoH/L sets since 2.0, I find it a terrible system.