Why wasn't the game designed like this?

[Yoko_Kurama]

Kewhi seems to be under the impression that the amount of money a crafter makes selling materia in the auction house is proportional to a crafters meaningful existence. I think what most people think of when they think of a crafting class, is a class in which should you choose to undertake it, you are a necessary source for those who need their gears and weapons created and/or repaired, that although you could go to an NPC, you would receive a "Higher" level of service by going to a person who took the time to level a crafting class relevant to your specific gear set.

As it stands now, crafters are not only not necessary, they aren't even ideal since it is actually easier to get your gears and weapons via a battle class rather than deal with a crafter unless you are already rich. Crafting in this game is more of a hobby rather than a necessary social enhancement to the system.

[Quesse]

As it stands now, crafters are not only not necessary, they aren't even ideal since it is actually easier to get your gears and weapons via a battle class rather than deal with a crafter unless you are already rich. Crafting in this game is more of a hobby rather than a necessary social enhancement to the system.

That's unfortunately how I feel as well. Its also a way to make gil which right now is its primary function. That and melding materia. In fact if it wasn't for materia melding (a, now, watered down system anyway) crafting would be completely useless. Its a really confusing direction to take the game and I must say the role of DoH/L in 2.0 surprised me. I wasn't anticipating Yoshi gutting them to the level he has. Really sad.