I think a lot of people thought it was going to work like that (including me) but alas, our hopes were crushed.
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The title is unfortunately misleading. My fault.
What I really mean is that there are tons of Darksteel Ore NQ, Gold Ore NQ, and all other stuffs you can gather while looking for HQ mats that actually don't have any use. It's not good for the game's economy.
save them for new recipes in the future, although hamlet trade in would be a good idea to keep people from buying all the mats people actually need to craft with. People were paying 20k for a raptor lth...