What is exactly is the point of crafting?

[Millimidget]

crafted gear should be equal to drops, special mats should drop from dungeons to craft that gear.

And make it more difficult to get than the dungeon gear itself? Seems like so many MMO crafting systems make dumb mistakes like that.

[Feilina]

[...]Make suits for them all. Hint: You will need one Steel rivet, one silver Ingot, if you don't have the leather but you do have the hides, don't forget Alumen and Black Alument because you will need 1 Peiste leather. Yes, you will also need Velveteen and that's cotton and dew. You will also need linen cloth and thread, I'm sure I missed a few dozen stacks of one thing.

Retainer, tab, tab, tab, tab, tab, tab, tab.
Retainer, tab, tab, tab, tab, tab, tab, tab.[...]

Let's be fair. If a dungeon player has to overcome some obstacles, we should have too! They get killed by mechanics, we get strechted by the consumed time to grab our good. That can't, that mustn't be an issue!