Quote Originally Posted by Kenji1134 View Post
Then change to the class which meets the stat requirements, combine your raiding equipment, earned from combat, with your crafting items, and create a soulbound version of the same item you used, which can be upgraded if it's from poetics.
But with 5 materia slots... Now raiders want it, and have to craft to get it.
In my experience, few people are both hardcore raiders and hardcore crafters. I think it is ok for them to be separate and specialized. In an MMORPG, people should be able to have a niche where they contribute something of value to the community which others can benefit from without having to do it for themselves. I wouldn't want raiders to feel forced into crafting anymore than I would want crafters forced into raiding. Imagine if they made all the crafting materials that dropped in dungeons/raids Untradeable. We crafters wouldn't like that.