Quote Originally Posted by ShammyLevva View Post
Ah thanks ok that makes more sense. I thought that I just needed to get higher gathering in order to clear the out of reach. Now I know I don't need to aim for gathering to get that I can focus on getting more collectibles by a single hit.
The auto-clear of out-of-reach nodes level 60 and below are due to a trait you got at level 65. Without that trait those nodes would not automatically clear either. The amount of gathering you have does control how many gathering attempts you need to use to clear a slot. Too low gathering and it can take more than one attempt.