Master crafts invigorating gathering

As a gatherer and crafter, I'm quite happy with the invigoration 2.2 brought to both classes.

I had some materials like volcanic rock salt that seemed to be useless and low value, that now are useful and high value.

The new 1 star nodes are near each other, and there's a nice amount of time between them...if I'm already switching classes and using a gathering food, it only makes sense to hit some other unspoiled nodes while I'm at it :D

While it would be easy to complain that it's taking me forever to get enough to begin collecting 2 star, I'm happy that finishing gathering is going to take a while before I'm "done."

I just got my ilvl 70 pickaxe today and it was very underwhelming, the HQ 2 star mats have already tanked in price because people undercut by 1k at a time, guess it's good for crafters though =/

I am 50 in all crafts, and the demand for the materials always seems more steady, and reliable than the goods produced from them. Undercutting of crafted goods can be devastating (causing an actual LOSS in gil) if you purchcase any of your materials - so gatherin is much more reliable - whether youre selling or using the materials yourself.

While I made 150k profit off my first terminus putty, sales have been so few and far between (with prices dropping, and material costs remaining relatively constant) that my profits from volcanic rock -which used to be all but worthless- exceed what I've earned from putty. I'm very happy to have both dol and doh, whereas before I felt gathering was way less valuable than crafting.