Quote Originally Posted by Roth_Trailfinder View Post
Presuming you know what you want ...

Field Mastery 2 (or Sharp Vision 2), King's Yield 2 (or Blessed Harvest 2), and then just whack away at the item I want. One swing clears it, and I then get 5 swings at +2 over the base yield. That's 25 Spruce Logs, or 35 Prickly Pineapples, or however many of whatever item I'm gathering.

There is ZERO point in going for HQ. Serious crafters are taking NQ materials and making HQ finished products, so it is better to go for NQ quantity than to go for HQ.
Really? My servers boards when you look at sale history is all HQ sales and hardly any NQ sales. However, I totally agree with you if that is the case on your server.