I think the only people that are actually upset about the new crafting system were people who felt really special for selling a bunch of crafts. I mean this whole game is a big role play session for being "the chosen one" so I am not baffled at all by this.

In a way they made the system MORE exclusive of players. It went from 5-10% of people selling the max level crafts on my server to .05%... and I wasn't one of the people making this grind.

I never thought too much about my crafting skills despite making enough money to buy everything I ever wanted to buy. I love crafting, but I really don't care for gathering at all. So, oh well for me really. I know some people are pretty bummed about it though.