Quote Originally Posted by Alahra View Post
They could, though I think it's unlikely. We've received no indication that they will, and the last we have from Yoshida on the matter states pretty clearly that crafted gear is never really going to be as powerful as it was in ARR.
I also share your skepticism about any future change, but crafted gear doesn't need to be as powerful as it was in ARR; the fact that people used it to clear FCoB in the first week means that it really was overpowered. However, that doesn't mean that crafted gear has to be *worthless* like it is now (never mind that it comes at an enormous opportunity cost). I like to think that there's some sort of middle ground where crafted gear can be desirable for progression, but not overpowered. But I'm not a game developer, so I don't have any real ideas about how to make it happen.