Originally Posted by Zozma

Not everyone is going to put points into crafting, and putting points into crafting should not be necessary in order to have up to date equipment.


Its a nice tradeoff though. You can avoid putting points in crafting to get slightly better at other skills but you risk having to use worse gear. Or you can put a few points in crafting and always have on level gear but lose a little bit of power in your combat skills (or versatility).

Perfect trade of in an RPG.