Quote Originally Posted by ChameleonMS View Post
Join a Free Company (FC). Any halfway decent FC should be assisting you with i70 or better crafted gear.
If you have already joined a FC but the crafters are asking for "significant" gil for these crafted items, then you should change to another FC.
That would be very nice but it shouldn't be expected and definitely isn't necessary.

Furthermore joining a new FC for the sole purpose of getting free stuff is just shady as hell.