I would have prefered a flat 100k rate from npcs like the old relic had at one point. Even that would have been better than this or they be non specialist recipis cause that lowers the supply of them significantly.
Obtaining items by spending alot of time is one thing and obtaining items by leveling gatherers/crafters and/or spending alot of gil are two completely different things. If im gonna spend time/gil aquiring mats that could be sold for profit or spend that much gil... id rather just buy/create a weapon or armor utilizing crafting itself, not a quest with items... just let crafters make rare i200 weapons for tons of gil instead... its the same...