Why is Crafting still in the game?

[Gilthas]

Now, I'm not saying SE should do something exactly like that in FFXIV. Something like that would be horribly unbalanced with the current approach to crafting classes. Rather instead, what I think they should do is make it so that, while you can still unlock and level every single crafting and gathering class in the game, they should make it so you can only 'dedicate' yourself to a couple of them, and your dedication allows you access to these types of bonuses.

The ability to meld any equipment in the game should be added to FFXIV. But the restrictions you propose would just kill one of the best things about FFXIV: the ability to level everything. Forcing you to "dedicate" yourself to one or a few crafting classes would suck for people that enjoy playing with them all.