To be honest I am not all too happy about the new crafting updates.
I just can't help but wonder "what was all the work to gather all those items and scrips to get that gear for?"

I know no one "forces" us to get new newest gear, but I just feels like after working very hard to gather mats and make the highest level crafting gear, the requirements to make it / get it get nerfed super hard.

I think it's good that they added new gear and new methods to acquire it, but why severely lower the requirements to get the old "top-quality" gear? Why not just keep it the same?

The other updates look really nice, but some stuff made me lose interest in crafting / gathering in general. If things can be acquired so easily now, what was the point in working hard to get them before?

And removing specializations? I know a lot of people wanted this, but I don't understand why. Is it really so difficult to find someone who has a specialization and ask them to make it for you? I never had any trouble with this.
Personally, I like having specializations because it added a little uniqueness to people's crafting abilities. Why is it necessary to remove them?

I liked to main crafter and was trying to get the red-scrip gear for gatherer. It is too easy now. And I feel like there is even no point in getting the next level of gear either. Now I don't know what I want to do.

Is there anyone else who understands this feeling?

EDIT: I have a better idea for an update: Remove this crazy-short character limit in the forums.