Ok wait so you want to be the unlucky sushi with 24% dd against a guy with every option you can ever ask for and more DD?
My point is to make it a better tradeoff if you have to go through the trouble of forging you should have more DD than those that use crafting.
Also on the subject of sugestions The badge exchange has the 3 day spirit stones from ID can that be changed to the 7 day ones? even if the price goes up from 6-7.