I had such high hope for crafting; but it seems that the theory of gearing up through scrips is not different in practice.

I want to get into crafting, but I am pretty discouraged due to all the complaints. Aside from gathering mats it seems as if things you need to craft for red scrips uses the same mats you need to make gear/items for profit. In other words, you have to choose between gearing up or making gil due to them sharing the same mats.

I probably wrong, but that's what I'm pretty much getting from all the complaints