A lot of interesting ideas by OP.

I would love to see at very least some expansion to the overall gearing, like use previous Savage bis as starting point for new tier and the base crafted set hitting the same ilvl and then expand the middling ilvls with secondary craft set (harder materials etc. maybe expert recipes), potentially gear from criterions, PvP, eventually upgradeable Alliance pieces (whether by crafts or savage drops) and so on.

But revising the materias into something meaningful and potentially adding another consumable or two would be great.