Quote Originally Posted by NekoMataMata View Post
I didn't experience it in ShB, but I still think it's weird that for crafting gear that the item you use for the exchange comes from a combat currency and not a crafting currency.
It's designed to be used by people who have purchased the gear for use in combat to upgrade it, not for the crafters themselves to make a new type of gear. It makes perfect sense for it to be a combat currency that pays for the upgrade.