From a different stand point though, if you rarely crafted outside of leves, the bonus was great. It gave a few thousand more points than you would have gotten otherwise. Now they're even less tempting to do. At rank 32 alchemist the leves just aren't worth it anymore particularly when the highest rank one I get per rotation is rank 25. That's about 100 sp per synth, for 6 synths. Lower the rank, and it's closer to 90 for about 4-5.

I guess what I'm saying is if you wanna risk the randomness of guild points then go for it. But from the SPing perspective, it's a total bust and I completely agree.