Quote Originally Posted by ForteNightshade View Post
Otherwise, what's the point of Savage if you could simply craft and/or buy your BiS? That renders virtually every other piece of content that rewards gear obsolete. .
The mats to make the best gear could drop from savage so you still have to run it for gear or making gil.

Could also put untradeable augmentation items in there to enhance the crafted gear so you still definitely need both crafting and raiding to be BiS.