The Direction Of Crafting

[Sibyll]

It won't happen the stuff your suggesting would become mandatory for every progression raid group which is not what Yoshi wants.

Unless it can be raised by a small amount and no more than 2 matirea slots it won't happen.

Yea because Food and Potions are definitely not mandatory for every progression raid group... excellent logic.

I don't really think lack of making endgame gear is the problem. Rather, it's the massive amount of time and effort involved to earn a pitiful non-reward. They could give us more valuable items to make or they could stop pushing crafting into this ridiculously hardcore direction. Either one would work.

Part of why this tier of crafting is so awful is the massive grind combined with the lack of desirable recipes. All the DoH gear that you care about (glamours) can be obtained without being a 2* crafter and the i160 chest pieces for DoW/DoM are the main piece people would go for which makes the i180 gear pointless.

As the OP suggests, WoW kept crafters in business by having consumables each of them crafted for upgrading gear. It's a way of making every crafter relevant for the duration of the patch because people are always upgrading pieces.