Absolutely agree with Blue72! A large part of the problem with crafting is the lack of an auction house or mail or any kind of logical system for exchanging materials and products. I like that it takes time and effort to craft items and level crafting, but it looks as though FFXIV is going in the 'magic box' direction, like Rift and WoW. Take brass buttons and some spindles of hempen yarn (both of which are regurgitated by moles in a cave deep in Thanalan), throw them into the magic box, press a button, and viola! You've made a doublet. In one minute, you can make 10 doublets which you can then sell for a few gold on the auction hou....oh, wait.