I understand what you mean, but given the fact that you could sell the Tier IV it doesn't change the math that makes me wonder whether crafting is actually worth it opposed to gathering which makes money making stupid easy.

Depending on RNG it could cost you over 3 Million gil to meld even ONE item. So far I just don't see the profit margins on my server to recoup that kind of investment before SE deploys a new patch which adds new gear and forces crafters to dump millions into the RNG yet again.