The point current crafters are making is moot.

98% of you have a Battle/Magic class over 25.

Per Yoshida's statement, Crafters and gatherers will be moved to a secondary/support role, in terms of content. Seeing this will be the case in the future for the relaunch, the game will not be marketed as a game where you can simply be a Crafter/gatherer and call it a day, like it was at launch, so new players will not be coming on board with that way of thinking.

They might adjust the requirements to get a Chocobo in the future, sure. But the days where you can only be a crafting/gathering class are over if you want to experience FFXIV as a whole, thankfully I might add.

All being said, it is not unfair to ask to have a war/magic class up to 25 to unlock features.