I believe a few of you stating patience is needed are missing the point. The current problem is that PVP and Illum dailies offer access to equal and better gear then what crafters can make and in far less time and hastle.
For example currently crafting goes up to 22 for mods, with 8 tokens in Illum, roughly 2 or so quests off memory, you can buy a 23 epic mod. Why would anyone go for the more expensive, time consuming option of RE'ing a 22 mod to unlock the epic plan when someone in less then half n hr can obtain better?
Weapons and armour suffer from the same issue, if not worse since you require BoP materials which from my knowledge only drop from lvl 50 flashpoints/heroics which is just for the blue quality. Once again, 3-4 matches of PvP and you have a epic weapon/armour, spend a little more time and you can have the next tier or 2 of PvP armour.
I understand the game is still early and that Operations will hopefully yield some higher quality plans, but the current fact is, crafting for entry level pvp/raid gear is pretty much redundant due to how easy it is to obtain similar or better quality items via other means. I also think the concept of allowing multiple ways of obtaining gear is great, just some tweaking needs to be made so that one does not completely overrule the other, for at the momment commendations via PvP at the very least are thrown at you far too generously.