The problem with crafted items

[Bihzad]

Is that any major remort can use them regardless of their power level. This makes it possible for a very low rank to, in actuality, be very big and do stupid levels of damage. I've seen a 30k rank running around with 50k hps and doing above 10k a round.

How it might be fixed:

Why not make a "rank requirement" for each piece, based on its power level. For example:

<Crafted> Crazy Sword of Killing Things
Rank Cost: 35k

<Crafted> Mediocre Sword of Killing Things
Rank Cost: 15k

So, to use both weapons, you need a rank of at least 50k (the two above rank costs combined). Could also introduce the necessity to pick which crafts are most useful to you, based on the rank you've accumulated.

In any case, I kinda feel like they should have restrictions put on them in some way, even if some of the higher end eq is difficult to craft.