Defilberating the Dead Horse

[Kabooa]

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Fair enough; I was wrong about accessories.

You're literally nitpicking a technicality on the others.

It's casual because you have -7 days a week- to do this. The gathering sucks, sure, but it only takes a few minutes to turn to your gatherer, save up the GP, fly to the node, get your collectibles. It, collectively, takes 1-2 hours out of whatever playtime you have for the week, spread out over 7 days and in between your other activities.

Crafting, if you're at least patrician geared eco-melded (not penta melded), and you already have your materials and have a suitable craft, takes an hour. Literally an hour. I did it, and I 'don't know what I'm talking about', so clearly other people should be able to do it -faster-.

Both sets of gear, also, is much cheaper if you work a deal with a crafter to supply mats instead of buying it outright.

You don't need red scrip gear to gather anything right now. Unless they literally add 2star gathering next week (or within the next 5, I suppose), you're safe to put aside red scrips to gather and some to buy gear when you want. It's not one or the other.

And the item is worth what people will pay for it. Which means the materials that make it will need to conform to that to make the craft profitable. This occurs over time. Not in a day.