I think this sums up what is going on currently. I have the ability to craft some of the 30 rated gear(69s) but it seems pointless to do so. Why craft something I got in a flashpoint? Better yet, why craft something that I have to have to get the materials to craft it? This is completely the chicken or the egg argument. What comes first the mod you need to get the materials, or the material you need to make the mod? I guess I just don't want to have to get Arkanian Gear to make arkanian level gear. I understand that the system is currently set up so that people can't craft their way to high end gear, and it makes people go out and get it, but let us craft something worthwhile that you can't just walk out the door and get. Make something for us to achieve that make the mats worthwhile to use. A rare recipe for crafters we have to search for/quest for maybe find pieces of a recipe. A rare saber for Artifice, make pets with cybertech, poisons for biochem, etc. Right now the worth for the rare mats is so inflated it is worthless.