Simpler indeed, except crafters would no longer need item stacking to level 100 which is mandatory for lg crafting (105 of a t1 resource is needed for lg gear).
I dont really think this would do much. If yo have 2 less resources it wouldn't make crafting simpler, it would just make it faster and even then marginally so. Personally i think its better to keep the need of T1 mats in crafting since it gives low lvl's an option to resource and make a little bit of gold for it.