Artisan/Forager gear and off-hands?

Let me explain.

The old ilvl55 crafting off-hands at hq have 107 craftsmanship and 61 control. The artisan off-hands at nq have 123 craftsmanship and 69 control. So even if I fail to hq them they're still an improvement. The same is true of gathering off-hands.

Now, with the new artisan/forager gear, the stats of them at nq is actually worse than the hq of the ilvl 55 gear. So if you fail to hq these, not only do you end up with worse gear than what you're most likely wearing, you've lost like a million gil worth of mats. (i've never crafted 4 star stuff so i could be wrong on price.)

So is it that the gear is just so off, or is it that the off-hands are that good?