MIN BOT AND THE REST

[Velo_Vandore]

The way it is now seems to be deliberately designed to create a market for gil sellers who will gladly provide you an option to avoid the grind and get on with, you know, actually doing fun content.

Or perhaps as an incentive to pay for additional retainers to do this work.

Or maybe that's just me being skeptical. It could be that they want to avoid the mats being too easily available for new items, leading to the crafted items being easily and cheaply made by anyone, and thereby it's value on the MB would drop.