I had a chat with a guy in my FC about crafting last night. We basically reached the conclusion that crafting is quite useless for ourselves. At least for classes like WVR and GSM. Sure, it is fun. But it sucks money giving back just a little. A lot of stuff in the market is sold undercost (why do they even bother?). I mean, there are people selling in the market things at a lower price than what NPCs pay! It may cost even less to buy the lvl 50 gears HQ than to make them ourselves. It feels more like a social service to the others. Apart from melding, sure.

Again, am I missing something? Personally I am more and more convinced that crafting should at least make some untradable items that can be used only by whom made them. With good stats and at least better look.