The "Hand-out" sacks from Potd.

[Lildragora]

Stuff said here.

Again, no correlation to hardcore or elite farming as the context is making mats easier to obtain through PotD, and if you fail to see how giving mats instead of the final product gives a recipe more meaning there's nothing left I can say to you on that matter.

But you're right; it is greedy to want something to be rare forever, which giving mats achieves the same thing without devaluing the crafters time as much. Again if you cant see this I dont know what to tell you.

As a side note I only level crafts to have max level crafts. I make my money through other means so this really doesn't affect me at all.