Repairs/Melding: Stop Increasing Its Level

[Veritas-Ancora]

If people don't want to spend time and effort leveling their crafters, then they can just spend gil to get their gear repaired. Problem solved.

In short, you are trying to solve a non-problem.

This doesn't solve the problem of repairs. You're avoiding the issue of repairs.

Repairs cost too much at the NPCs. So value over time becomes a factor in choosing whether or not to self repair.

And self repair is MASSIVE for raids, dungeons, or Eureka. Repair costs are too high. It keeps the new players poor and the crafters rich. Trickle-down economics at play.