I craft because I like to craft. For that reason, I'm glad it's still in the game. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that I enjoy progressing my crafting classes even more than I do my DoM/DoW classes.

However, the fact that I don't level crafting jobs with the intent to make money does not make it an less disappointing to know that SE has pretty much flat-out stated that crafting classes will never amount to anything worthwhile, in order to combat RMT.