The reason that the LE drops are still worthless is, during the events, they rain down from the critters like a monsoon deluge. Even new critters lose all value in very short order 'cos the drop rate is too high. If LE items are meant to retain value, then the drops need to be harder to come by.
Exactly... and the SE drops aren't all that rare anymore either. I quit using FI for them long ago, got a chicken ammy and a destroyer sword just yesterday.... I didn't have any buffs running for these guys, as a matter of fact and I killed the chicken in my epics and headed back to my relic.... it wasn't till afterward it occurred to me I should have used lf to make my travel less costly... so now, I have a sword and an ammy in my ah that will probably become some pot for a future hunt. It still remains though, that composing in no way makes any item more valuable. It is a costly venture, nobody will want to pay more for items to be fragging. Composing is our garbage disposal, guys, not a source for generating an income stream, even for the farmers. Sorry folks, composing is just not the right thing to fix that market.
For LE/SE gear to become valuable again, it needs to:
a.) be harder to come by, and
b.) be useful for something in game....
So, Hoofie, dear, rework the stats and fix the drop rate... yeah, we'll complain about that, but in the end, it's the right thing for the game....