Quote Originally Posted by Orophin View Post
Seems like the only realistic way to get to 383 gathering is to get the new tool. I melded everything but the crafted lv48 hatchet and the militia offhand with the max amount of +gathering and best I can get up to is 355.
Yup, since you can't make your retainers eat gathering food, you need to get them one of those nifty new tools, it takes 308 gathering for a fishing retainer since they don't have the off hand tool.