Quote Originally Posted by Shikaree View Post
There's 2 things I look for when doing a craft leve, the SP and the possibility for the guild marks in the reward. Appraisal is the last thing on my mind. Also because of the bold synth nerf a while back (used to have better net gain on bolds all the time) I don't go for quality unless it's a synth outside of a leve I'm making an attempt to HQ for.



I believe you hit gathering fatigue. SE has a system where you have an internal counter that reduces every time you gather something, after a point you get reduced gains and can fail more often even if you managed to hit your item.
or hes using the wrong type of bait