I sure do hope they release recipes for the gathering gear at some point.

[Granyala]

Considering it takes 80 Rowena's Tokens (Red Gatherer's Scrips), which takes 4000 Red Gatherer's Scrips, which takes 9 weeks (you'll have an extra 50 scrips) for one gathering class, I can understand his frustration on having to put it off. Especially if he wants to do that for all three gatherers with no option to get around the gating.

I could understand his frustration if the gear was needed in order to collect stuff and be productive, absolutely.
But it isn't.
So it's basically just some pretty set he wants to have for kinks and stuff (or completionist OCD) so... not really a problem if it takes a few weeks.

I'd love to have all the 180 gear for all my crafters too... but I know that it isn't a realistic goal.