It's not about the branches man..

There "Solution" is causing more problems than its fixing.. Dev 101 Don't break more thing when you add something new.

This is,

Destabilizing an already unstable economy

Hurting the Gathering Classes which they openly have no intention of supporting for a long time

Breaking Lore in dozens of ways

Tearing one of the few aspects of crafting out of the game

And, once again, dumbing things down