So why are the crafter relics.. bad.

[Canadane]

Um...because they're obviously more steps to it later down the road?

Will there, though?

[hagare]

Will there, though?

maybe, maybe not

[TaleraRistain]

Will there, though?

They already showed screenshots of the next steps in 6.45 during the Live Letter. And anyone who halfway paid attention during the story already knew more was coming.

To the OP, stats on these are currently on par with the most recent crafted. They'll be better on the next step. It remains to be seen how the effect changes, if it just improves what's there or offers something different. And these aren't that useful for someone who has pentamelded Indagator's outside things like Expert recipes but they are good for those who don't already have those or don't really want to deal with pentamelding.