Specialist System in 3.0

[giantslayer]

The Reddit translation of the Famitsu interview says:
"With the new system, once you're at 60, you can then become an apprentise to each respective guilds' guildmaster. You'll gain new skills and recipes by becoming a meister/specialist. You can have more than one trademeister but there'll be a delay before you're allowed to switch."

I have a new hypothesis. I am fairly optimistic that some of this will be right because it seems consistent with both the stated mechanics and the stated intent of the developers (return to the armory system concept of being able to do any class without being required to do all of them).

After reaching level 60, you can apprentice under a guild master. You can only apprentice under one at a time and you can switch masters. Quests for new tokens may possibly be handed out by your master. There will be some sort of progression with each master. Progress is retained with the old master after switching (think beast tribe reputations, not desynth).

Skills and recipes are acquired through progression. New recipes are basically a replacement for the master book system. Skills are class specific and intended to give casual/single-class crafters a fighting chance at making top level recipes. Recipes and skills are retained after switching masters.