Quote Originally Posted by Cromstar View Post
Just saw the New 2.1 patch promotional Trailer. New Dungeons, Hard and Extreme Mode for Existing Dungeons, Free Company Housing, PVP area, Aesthician (change your look NPC), Treasure Hunt, Beast Tribes Quests. And for us Crafters? probably some scraps, as usual. Thanks Devs, and Yoshi P. Seems we are wasting our time here, posting and debating for nothing.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/spe..._Realm_Awoken/

Will wait for 17 Dec. 2013, for this 2.1 patch, still hoping there is still something to make End Game Crafting/Gathering meaningful once again.
Yeah, we are seriously being left out in the cold, I'm not holding out much hope for PVP making any sort of change in the economy that won't be trashed by "participation rewards".