From what i have noticed, attaining the stat caps for the 3 star crafting items, and the gathering caps for the 2 star gathering items, is extreme. to reach these caps, you would have to triple or quad meld each piece of gear, which im already wearing all HQ. A few of my crafting classes (GSM and CUL) i have almost maximum decked out and they dont hit anywhere near the required caps without food, and i find that ridiculous. It cost me over 1 mil for each class just to even get *close* to the caps. I feel like the gear in itself is under par and requires far too much melding and gil to be able to reach the cap. It's unrealistic and makes me want to give up.