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[whiskeybravo]

I just never understood why it was locked at 15% while you level and upgrade your gear.

It's a soft cap to keep HQ mats more valuable the NQ. If you have to spend GP to increase HQ rate that limits you're gathering rate on HQ, and hence helps to prevent the market from getting flooded.

[Joven]

It's a soft cap to keep HQ mats more valuable the NQ. If you have to spend GP to increase HQ rate that limits you're gathering rate on HQ, and hence helps to prevent the market from getting flooded.

That's why I said to have the increase only be around 5% every 20 or so levels: you still have to work to get the HQ bonus but it eases later so you don't have to burn GP as much.