Quote Originally Posted by OldGeezer View Post
Enough reward. A fairly subjective goal. Crafting has given me 1/3 of my income. Is that too much or too little? Personally, I think it's just fine.
If that's enough for you then that's great... for you. Like you said it's subjective so maybe 1/3 is good enough for you but by your definition it probably isn't good enough for everyone else. Very few people are going to level all the crafting jobs to 50 so they can save themselves a few thousand gil in the future on gear. When your primary motive for doing something is to make money and you finish with it only being 1/3 of your total income, I think it's fair to say that there's not enough reward. Especially, once you consider (like you said) there is no "real" endgame for crafters. There is no other content that they can participate in.