I kind of like the way Vidictus does its gear.

You complete dungeons to farm craftable items which later you have an NPC make, the difference with FFXIV is that you could have crafters make the item.

You could either sell the craftable drops on the marketwards to make profit or get a friend/FC member to make the item for you.

There is so much potential for this, for example a requests board where you could look for a crafter to make an items.

I'm not saying take away all dungeon loot but the dev team have stripped crafting of all purpose in ARR.