Just took a peek at MB for crafting gear and the range seems to be about 1.5m-10m depending on slot and if it is pre-melded so.. pretty good I think for Midgardsormr. We also have a pretty large gathering/crafting LS going and people are really good about melding for free/crafting i150 stuff free for people as long as they provide materials.

edit: I don't know much about the raiding community as that's not an area of the game I focus on, but in general most people seem to be good folks.