Crafting Needs a Place in Endgame Raiding

[Teykos]

THIS would result in "enchanted gear or bust" WoW-style. Because that's exactly what you described.

I'd rather have crafted bind-on-pickup gear equivalent to tome gear (and BiS or almost with full forbidden meld) with mats dropping in the top content (T6-9 drops), and being untradable. Horizontal progression. Coil drops should be on par or slightly better than those, so no one "has to level a crafter", but it does give an option for those who are.

That only really works if a consignment system like how you can Request Meld from a crafter exists. Otherwise the raider has to double as the crafter as well.