Dropped vs. Crafted a compromise?

[Urthdigger]

I wasn't trying to imply that you were asking for this for all end game gear. It would be nice if they made boss dropped materials for U/U items. They did say they would make a crafting npc for the old seasonal items, so perhaps they could also make the U/U gears also for a fee. That way non-crafters could still get the items and crafters would have the advantage of making it for free and having the ability to HQ the item. Thoughts?

That sort of defeats the entire point. The point is, if you want those pieces of gear, you need to be able to make them yourself. Allowing players to just pay for it defeats the purpose, especially if inflation makes what was originally a fair price laughable.

Lemme put it this way: Do you think a player should be able to pay 100k to get a piece of Darklight gear, or a primal weapon?