Quote Originally Posted by Liam_Harper View Post
I'd go the other way. Nerf crafted gear by 10ilv, remove the ability to augment it and half the price of all current tome gear.

Crafted gear has lost all sense of purpose. Due to the accessibility changes to crafting, it's ridiculously easy to get. There are some crafted pieces selling for as low as 15k now, which is cheaper than basic white leveling gear from vendors. Crafted sets make Normal and EX almost irrelevant, because why bother to farm over a few weeks when you can simply buy a set for next to nothing.

If crafting is going to be a pants-on-head, bot infested, casual activity that churns out free items, it no longer deserves raid ready gear.
I think a tweek to the materia system could make up for this. Part of what makes crafted gear so good is allowing you to pentameld it. I always thought it was weird you could pentameld that gear but not the savage or tomestone set.