Quote Originally Posted by Xenobius View Post
AK and WP gets you DL, which (with the exception of tank chestpiece and legpiece) is cheaper and pretty much equivalent to crafted ilvl 70 gear.
Sure, with grade IV materia (think 120k+ a piece) and some forbidden melding, you can get *slightly* better stats - but you're still going to switch to Allagan/Mythology gear for pretty much every slot, save maybe some jewelry.
The stat difference between a fully melded set (III materia) and a full DL set is not slight, the difference is very noticeable.

The above is closer overall stat wise to ilvl90 gear than it is to Darklight.

I do agree that it's expensive, but rightly so. (Though mage pants taking 27 tomb mats to make is daft)

A crafter who has made gil from crafting can ding 50 on their DoW/DoM, get their relic and be geared for t4 immediately, so it can be pretty useful.