Guild Wars 2

So then it seems that if I use a fully leveled character to gather mats and let a new low level character create the items, then the new character will have NO NEED for any low level armor because it can effectively bypass all of the questing content thanks to the huge amount of XP gained in crafting.

This is really stupid.

For the life of me, I do not understand why game designers do this:

I have to be level 20-25 in order to gather the materials required to make a level 20 item.
By the time I gather enough materials to make this item I will be level 30 and the item will be worthless to me.

Pretty stupid.