Quote Originally Posted by hydralus View Post
You get multiple items per reduction. Up to 8 from 1000 collectability, but usually 2-4. You also don't need to do 20 crafts. Get HQ and you only need to craft 3, which is 27 gathered mats. Very doable.
That's still a lot of rng between the collectible skill procs and the reduction amounts, plus the wasted time running between nodes and dealing with menus, and you're on a timer. It's the worst for the ones requiring fishing, because it's entirely rng whether or not you get the fish you need, let alone three of them and with enough time leftover to actually complete three crafts.