I'm getting quite irritated by the chronic lack of Everfrost, Sun Silver, Meteor Motes, Rock Salt and other rare materials. We either don't know what enemies they drop from, the enemies haven't been seen yet, or they aren't implemented. So many people have so many high-grade items to make, yet simply CAN'T because they are missing this one obscure item.
There needs to be a better way to do this. Thus, I suggest that we have a way to make our own materials. Because let's face it, it's a distinct possibility that not one of the gates will have the enemy that holds the material you want, making getting that material impossible. We should at least be able to stockpile some more common materials and use them to make the rarer ones. Even if the requirements themselves are ridiculous, at least then we have a way.
If there's ridiculous requirements to do it, I completely agree.