Quote Originally Posted by Brill_ View Post
As a 51 miner should I not bother with this yet? Just focus on leveling?
As a level 50 miner/botanist (was only 1-star gatherer pre 3.0) I am able to successfully gather 4 items at the minimum collectability on both miner and botanist. The EXP from this is around 250k each, and in the 9 game hours between the last level 50 node and the next available one i'm able to fit in 3-4 levequests worth about 60k each. It levelled up my botanist with very little effort, and makes the whole process much more interesting.

As other people have stated, more items of lower collectability is key. For me, hitting the node (don't use toil), then using Discerning Eye > Methodical Appraisal > Methodical Appraisal > (Ability to recover one gathering attempt) > collect x4. If your Gathering % chance is lower you can also use an ability to increase it by 15% if you have 600GP total. This makes for pretty dependable exp and a fast levelling experience