Quote Originally Posted by VirusChris View Post
Ah, I see. I have my Gathering all to 60 but I don't do Favors or know where to go to look for them which explains why it's so pricey, but still that's a LOT of gil! Not a lot of players or crafters are willing to shelf that much.

This reinforces that Crafters got gimped big time in HW when it came out. However I don't know where to go to buy the Red Scrips gear which is odd as I thought they were be with the Scrip Exchangers, but I'll look a little harder. Probably in Idyllshire somewhere and I missed it.
Favors are an incredibly time-consuming process, the Red Scrips gear is located in Idyllshire (5.7, 7.1). The favor items utilized to make most 170 gear, requires not only favor items from Gathering Red Scrips, but also uses up Crafting Red Scrip tokens, of which need to be turned in with BOTH Botanist and Miner favor items. As a consequence, you need both Botanist and Miner at 60, alongside sacrificing your limited Red Scrip tokens to just obtain the material, of which could be wasted if you NQ it.