Quote Originally Posted by Kikosho View Post
They used to take less time to make but SE deliberately made it take longer to get all the mats to craft them.

"We have made adjustments to the following crafting recipes to better balance the longevity of the existing content."

That's your official answer.
Well maybe if we get enough people to agree it's a bad policy we can get it changed for future content. I would think if Crystal Tower is ilvl 80 gear there might be a crafted set coming with it.