Yoshi-P: Flippant dismissal of player criticism is a poor look for a lead developer.

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And the work to put in that "proper glamour log" is an indeterminate amount of reworks to core inventory systems and basic item tracking.

So while we can acknowledge the system isn't and will never be "enough" for everyone, can we also acknowledge they are doing what they can without requiring a fundamental rework of the game?

They don't need fundamental rework of the game. They have already implemented various methods of generating and retrieving items such as through achievements, salvager and item coffers containing multiple pieces of equipment. There are even achievements when you present items to get said achievement, all the way back form ARR.