I do not understand the reason for Trade Mentor

[Tlamila]

With making the collectible glove automatic with Ishgard Restoration, you could very well get Trade Mentor without ever even knowing the Collector's Glove existed-- but if you only use macros... eh, depending on what level recipe, you may or may not have to do your class quests.

Well, this was before Ishgard restoration hit. But still, the point is how many trade mentors lack fundamental knowledge to actually act as mentors, which is sad.
And it reinforced the OP point that it needs to be harder.