Why is Crafting still in the game?

[Sotek]

i don't disagree but it doesn't stop them making you "the hero" in the main story.

Are we not already the hero in the story? I recall saving every guild from <insert disaster> and becoming better than the best guild masters.

One thing I absolutely do loath though, is when the main scenario sends you to the crafting guild masters, and they don't acknowledge you in the slightest... Would be great if, provided you've completed that guilds questline, the guild master instead sends you off to make whatever yourself, because you can. Extra (and optional) legwork for people with crafts leveled, but it would add a lot to the game in my opinion.