As it is now, crafting anything, with the possible exception of some food items. Is all but worthless. After raising 5 tradeskills to level 50 and 2 gathering skills. I recieved a rather shocking "awakening".

If you can "grind out" gear better then anything that can be crafted, faster, cheaper and with a lot less effort. Why would you waste time crafting at all?

Yes i know, "melding", The cost of "penta" melding can not be quantified. Depending on what you want to meld and your "luck" at melding (i say "luck", because that is exactly what it is), the price could reach into the 100,000's of gil. And you still would have gear that at best woud be equal to what you can "grind out".

Now onto the patch, nothing is going to change. With the exception of the ilvl of the items. You will be able to "grind out" gear that is 2 lvl's above w/e is craftable, faster and cheaper and with no headaches. So, crafting is and will remain worthless in 2.0