Crafters need something worthwhile to craft for the battle classes, right now we just have more crafter gear and Sky Pirate Gear used for spirit-bonding, and there are options available to obtain the Type V Materia for ONLY battle classes. I liked the old system where the gear was slightly weaker when fully melded.

I am making decent gil crafting Cassia Blocks since not many players are CRP speciality, gotta love that Mog Home