[Loki]

I'm about to go to bed so I don't want to write replies to every point here (though there are a lot of good ones, please don't feel I am ignoring you) but I just thought I'd mention that making armour useful, important and therefore in demand is a really high priority right now, and hopefully tackling that will help with a lot of what you are saying. I know this is an issue a lot of people care about, crafters and PvPers both, and I'm going to try and find a good way to fix it. I'm not promising anything specific yet though because I'm mostly playing crazy ideas machine, Taran will make the final decision, but I'm sure as a team we will deliver something good soon.