Let crafters have a iLvl boost for wearing their own crafted gear.

[Vstarstruck]

1) Specialist lock-outs, which so far appear to kick in whenever new crafter/gatherer gear comes out. Basically, the only way to make all of your own gear at this point that's BiS is to switch Specs multiple times.
2) We don't need boosts to stats or item levels. I am fairly certain that lv70*** stats will be 1600 craftsmanship and 1470 control, and we're able to reach that just fine with current gear, even without the +20 to both for Specialists.

3) If we crafters do need boosts to anything then its success rates to overmelding.

4) If your problem is how the Ala Mhigan gear requires a ridiculous high for stats in order to make HQ then I'm in agreement with you for mathematical/ratio reasons. We went from our usual 12.65 to 14.2:1 ratios (comparing Quality to Control) to 23.36:1, which is even higher than the only other spike to the ratio - items like Darksteel Hooks or Wires where the ratio was 16.5:1. Team Yoshi needs to reconsider the numbers, perhaps, so it doesn't take 80+ steps to make something HQ, but that's about it. A longer fight is not the same as a fun or challenging one; same with crafts.

Yeah they need stop doing that, 60 steps is bad enough. If you make all your materials, attempting to HQ them so you get better chance on the gear itself, even 60 steps per craft results in 20 mins approx per synth.

I know a person that does not do them, just because the time it takes is too much, and rather just make stuff that takes 30 sec to 1 min.

For someone bringing up 290 AF vs 320 NQ, the 320 NQ has more prime stats but the 290 has more damage on the weapon.

For stat bonuses using your own gear, no. Maybe some kind of cosmetic difference, like a glam effect, but added stats in that manner just harms the game, as others pointed out