I do think they could have varied up the process a bit for gathering, just by increasing the points for the weather nodes/fish. One of the more ridiculous aspects of all three rankings is that optimal point gain actually required you to ignore the weather nodes and fish altogether and just stick to one route/fishing spot and never deviate no matter what. I still don't understand why weather nodes/fish are worth such a small amount of points. They should be worth HUGE points that strongly encourage people to go after them when the weather is up. Fishing had all the makings of an interesting, varied experience, but they insisted on making 1 fish the go to fish so that instead of hopping from island to island as the weather changed you just sat in one spot all day and focused on that one fish. I would have liked to see something like "Aspected" artisanal fish during the weathers. Like, during Dust Storms, you would go the Blustery Cloudtop to fish for the weather fish Marrella, but the weather would also change the Sweatfish to Aspected Sweatfish that are worth double the points.