Thread: 3.3 crafting thread

I am seeing comments here about how the i200 body is bad, and how they plan to get the i200 main hand tool, which I do not get at all.

i200 body : 270craftskill, 90control, 4cp.
i190 ironwork body : 254craftskill, 80control, 4cp as base.

To catch up with the i200 body, you'd need to meld 16 craftskill and 10 control into ironwork, which is at least 4 materias (unless my maths are messed up), you'd get a benefit over the i200 body only when overmelding that 5th slot (at least with a T4 materia too. Outch).

i200 main tool : 315 craftskill, 169 control, ZERO cp.
i195 crafted main tool : 306 craftskill, 164 control as base.

To catch up with the i200 main tool, you'd need to meld 9 craftskill and 5 control intoi the crafted one, which is a merry 3 materias. On top of the option to have an extra 4CP over it. So basicly you benefit as soon as the 3rd materia is sloted.

Is it because they only want one body piece for all craft jobs? I personally enjoy different looks on each crafters.
Is it because they only want to slot one body instead of 8 tools even at the cost of gearing up slower? (9 goblin cup for body, 13 for tool)

Can someone explain to lil' ignorant me what happens here? The ilvl difference of only 5 between the two tools screams "bad idea" to me.
Side note : just getting i200 body allows me to craft those i190 items, I'm at 853/789 currently without food/buff. So perhaps I'm biased toward that because of it.