These developers listen to all these insane suggestions made by people that simply are ignorant of the game. Those of us who tried to play it properly, lvling our crafts in conjunction with our rank, can see the true flaws that exist in this game. (Not trying to offend, sorry if I do, read on its to benifit us all)
Enix needs to go back to stage 1 and finish the game as it was supposed to be originally, not change the little pieces before they even finished getting it to run as intended.
Im refering to many things but there are too many to mention, but the top 2...
1. Yes crafting is very difficult and very frustrating to lvl, as it stands the reward vs difficulty factor is way off. I do enjoy the difficulty and like the way its going, but there needs to be more rewards. With this lvl of work involved crafting should be the only way to get gear. Its ridiculous you spend 70 hours workin the glow to get a gear then get it in a leve or chest the next day. Also they need MORE GEAR TO CRAFT. As I go through the lvls, Im at 26rank now, i noticed I could make decent gear at rank 15, and now i need to get to rank 30 to make the next set!!! Thats quite the gap, and with crafting being the most tedious and boring thing it eats at you. Ex. Enix should put in rank 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 gear appropiatly matched with your crafting rank. That and along with taking away that free gear would be enough to motivate anyone and make people get that rewarded feeling they desire.
2. They need to take out that "Your armor is not sufficient lvl" or "Your weaver is not sufficient lvl" to craft this item crap if your a, for example, leatherworker. This kind of system is just asking to much at the minimum, and looking at it in the entire scope of the game, its bad for all other crafting classes. If everyone needs to be every crafting class, no one will need to buy anything from anyone and it might as well not be an MMORPG. It would destroy the funness in cordination and monetary system of the game. BUT BOTTOM LINE, ITS ASKING TOO MUCH.
Come on Enix, people play this to fight not to craft lol.
I'll leave it at that, those are the two BIG BIG problems with this game with that first one being the major one. Got to remember your reward system needs to be par with your difficulty system to succeed and make people happy.
Its not all negative Enix, you all are on your way to making this the great game you envision it to be

Keep up the good work.
Those of you that agree please post similar feedback, theres power in numbers, lets get this basic problem fixed once and for all.