whats the point of crafting...

[Alhanelem]

If the same items were made craftable, some players might find it easier to save up their gil, robbing them of this motivation to undertake the game’s toughest battles.

The problem with this logic is the simple fact that most people would be buying/making this gear in order to make it easier for them to participate in the game's toughest battles... not to skip doing them entirely.

[Hoobala_Boobala]

While I can accept that they don't want us crafters making tradeable gear that equivalent to the best dungeon drops, can we at least have the option to make non-tradeable i90/i80 gear that binds on craft for ourselves? Even if the material for said recipes drops from Coil and CT, I would like my gear to reflect the fact that I have all disciples of hand at 50. Having gear made and signed by myself would achieve this, but at the moment I have to limit myself to i70 gear to wear my own crafted gear...

(and at a much higher cost than simply buying the darklights sets but thats another complaint entirely)

[Thane]

The problem with this logic is the simple fact that most people would be buying/making this gear in order to make it easier for them to participate in the game's toughest battles... not to skip doing them entirely.

And the problem with that logic is that buying the gear beforehand would trivialize the content. And SE would have to prepare for that, so the content would have to be tuned even higher, since they'll expect you to gear yourself first. Again, crafters would be one or two steps behind the difficulty curve of said encounters.

[Taruranto]

The problem with this logic is the simple fact that most people would be buying/making this gear in order to make it easier for them to participate in the game's toughest battles... not to skip doing them entirely.

You mean just like we are doing now, but with tomes? You can easily get most BiS stuff from tomes for some jobs.

Beside, XI had tons of craftable items good in endgame and it wasn't a problem.