I'm not saying that DL gear sucks, of course (well, mage DL sucks, really), but just that most of it is overrated and it's not worth spending days trying to get it (unless you have fun doing it), since it's not the best gear in the game. Not most of them at least.
I think that's what they're trying to do. it's a placeholder of sorts, while you work on all your triple/quad melded crafted gear.

GC gear is there for people who don't have the time to raid for rare drops or resources to do multimelds.