Nobody is saying they're worthless, though? The suggestion is they should cost fewer tokens to acquire, making them more affordable for the people who need them. They already require roundstones instead of ooids, why make them cost more red scrip tokens too? This extra cost devalues roundstones because anyone who can HQ at least 33% of the time is better off buying NQ and selling the failures; they'll save on scrip and make extra gil besides.