I wouldn't say they made things too easy, they just didn't make enough content. I'm closing in on my relic weapon, I just need Titan and 325 tomes to finish it. Not that I'm in a hurry, I got the spear from Garuda. But that's just one item, I still need to update all the rest of my gear. I would like to see more varied content. Instead of just grinding out the same dungeons for tomes over and over again, I'd like to see more variety in places to get them, or even gear drops that have nothing to do with tomes. There is Coil for drops, but that's the only alternative, and you need to have pretty decent gear before going in there anyway.
As to crafting, I really enjoy it, but I don't see a point to it at endgame. Melding relics is the only real reason to have a craft at level 50. Nothing that can be crafted is better than or even comparable to what you can get elsewhere.
Edited, Oct 20th 2013 7:38pm by Turin