Well yes, it would be good, but the problem is "what about the casual players who don't interact with it at all or meld anything at all".

Anyway, titanmen made a whole debate on that a while ago that actually developed thoughts on it... https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...gear-treadmill

There was also this https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...roying-balance