Gathering Rate node bonus

[Issac]

My 54 BTN has ~400 gathering and I need around 460 for Dravania Forelands +X% gathering bonus, if i'm remembering right. 80-85% chance for an item my level, I think -- would be nice to get that bonus.

But by the time you meet that requirement, you don't need the bonus anymore.

[Vandril]

The bonuses do make sense. I've had just above the gathering needed for these bonuses at each tier of node in HW, and at that time I was usually ~90% gathering chance, sometimes as low as 85% for the higher level items from the nodes and even 77% for the treasure maps. So, there IS a purpose, it's just...usually the +25% chance bonus is a wee bit overkill.