I agree. Crafting needs a buff in future patches. As of now you either break even or rarely sell something since consumers can easily get them via merchants and especially during dungeons, FC or GCs. Heck, I never bought gear for my WHM till about lv. 40 and most of them were quickly replaced by dungeon loot or quests.

I only buy HQ stuff for botany. no matter what I'll make a profit gathering mats. May be time consuming, but definitely easier than crafting.

The only benefits to craftingnis being able to , meld materia