I apologize if this idea has been presented before, but...

My FC is getting low on catalysts and as I'm out gathering, I've been thinking -- I would like to see an easier way to gather these materials. I can understand that gathering clusters is meant to be limited, and I usually can't be bothered to watch the in-game clock for the node to become active, especially when I'm in queue for an instance. Though, for shards and crystals (at least), I would like to see a method to gather them in abundance. I think it's a little ridiculous that, at Lv.50, I'm only able to obtain one per swing, and occasionally make use of the proper elemental ward to obtain just a few more at a time.