Stonetooth or no Stonetooth?

Level 100 shoes can only have 2 gems. 110+ can have 3.

Fair enough, bad example. Replace the 100 shoes with 110 and you have the same concept. I haven't really played with my maker skills other than strenghten crystals and breakdown gear.

Regardless, the possibilities are still waaaaaaaay better than before maker. And the fact that we can add stats to items that were not possible is a huge boost for some classes. (e.g. +5 INT to shoes was never possible before)