Eventually you just have to question their ability to fix a game when all they do is mutilate it.

-Crafters are all now materia users (more or less)
-Game will be repositioned as a gear grind
-Player-run economy compromised by handouts

And now this barcher debacle, setting up the premise for new tools/weapons not having their own class. Barcher defies the rules of the game and creates inconsistencies and confusion. Not only does it deprive players of a reasonable sense of progression, but it doesn't even begin to make sense with respect to the entire foundation of the game.