I understand the need for new crafted wares and new mats. It's a solid way to stimulate the economy afterall and also keeps crafters AND gatherers happy. I'd like to see a couple new craftable items come about as well so I do agree with you in those respects. But on the other side of the coin, there's actually not that much gear that is rare/ex in the game as of yet. Also, until they change how high we can rank our classes OR give us a job system, there is ALOT of craftable gears already. So until one of those 2 things happen, there probably won't be a bunch of new recipies for Gear/Weapon crafters.

As to the poor alchemist and culinarians of the world. Between this patch and esp. with the next patch we might all be able to see actual profit for our hard work. Getting rid of the physical level made food make a LOT more sense in game and dungeons/ limited mp/ etc are making remedies and potions far more useful as well.

Lastly, since the Dev team plans on adding Materia Crafting soon, I also think this is causing a holdup in new crafting mats/recipies.