Quote Originally Posted by Liam_Harper View Post
It'd be nice if they streamlined the Crafted gear upgrades too. That was really a convoluted mess in Stormblood. It could be a simple trade of tomes + your old item at the tome vendor.
Like a previous poster said, it's possibly an issue with the system unable to accept both an item and tomestones, which is why at the moment the system is how it is. I don't think it's likely to change.