Its a double edge blade.
It can be either really good or really bad.
You'll often be either on a good streak.
Getting 5-8 conc. node spawns or
Be on a badstreak
Getting 0-2 conc. node spawns

You can also get bombarded with +1 or +2 gathering attempt nodes that waste ur time lol.
Depends on ur stats apparently.

But imo its a good update cuz IM NOT SPENDING MORE THAN HALF MY DAY PRESSING THE X BUTTON. (10hrs + gathering)