Gathering HQ Mats Significantly Lower Level than You

[Jojoya]

As this is only applied to items we out level already, there is no down side. This is already present for materials where HQ / NQ has no real difference on difficultly of end craft and as a result, the market value of NQ and HQ are generally the same too.

Yet the difference in value remain for those who are trying to level their crafts. There are plenty of gathered items where you see a remarkable difference in the price between HQ and NQ because those items are needed for leveling and creating HQ gives a substantial XP bonus both from the crafting and the leve turn-ins, not to mention the job quests that require a HQ turn-in.

NQ and HQ tend to end up at the same value in the current end game materials because we can stack stats through melds, meals and teas to guarantee HQ even from all NQ mats.

[ChameleonMS]

Yet the difference in value remain for those who are trying to level their crafts. There are plenty of gathered items where you see a remarkable difference in the price between HQ and NQ because those items are needed for leveling and creating HQ gives a substantial XP bonus both from the crafting and the leve turn-ins, not to mention the job quests that require a HQ turn-in.

Ok, since market forces does not appear to be a good enough argument. How about catchup progression?
Why should it be just as difficult to level a DoH/L today as it was when I levelled back in 2.0? It is certainly much easier to level a DoW/M these days. There are buffs in many different ways for DoW/M but basically nothing for DoH/L. The game throws so much XP and other materials we have out levelled all over the place with exception of gathering HQ.
The greater abundance of low-level HQ materials will reduce the market cost of materials HQ materials and actually make those materials affordable for those new players with thin wallets.