Quote Originally Posted by KoujiGeki View Post
they can craft their own gear. and expensive materials? they can farm them up just as easily. Unless they are lazy then thats their fault.
They don't even have to anymore. After the leve revisions they now actually give you quite decent gear (either as a reward or in chests during the actual leve) not to mention decent amounts of gil that you can spend at your local guild to buy the (much reduced in price) standard gear.