I'd rather it was dead.

Dead implies there's some remote chance for change. After all, nobody wants crafting and gathering to stop happening ... Right? Or is my tiny shard of optimism blinding me?

This? This is just going to lead to super-crafter companies dominating everything and because the metrics will show there are crafters working, nothing will change. People think omni-crafters were bad? At least they'd get into pricing wars and push things down somewhat! If there's only one mega-guild that's doing the crafting, price fixing galore. And because it's virtually impossible to get into ... well.... obviously the price is fair.