Quote Originally Posted by Galactimus View Post
This is exactly the reason why you can't back out from a node. You are supposed to use your 600 - 650GP wisely depending on the situation at hand. Not leave the node, pop a High Cordial, milk the timer for every spare GP, and jump in at the last second spending 1200GP. The Unspoiled Nodes are not designed to let you do everything. You chose between raising success %, HQ %, or higher yields. System is designed this way to have players make a choice on what they want to do when it comes to rare nodes.

Also, no, you cannot use Cordials while you are engaged with a Node. It's never been possible since 2.0.
But that's just it. You wouldn't be milking the timer because as I said the node would disappear after you use all gathering attempts OR time runs out, whichever comes first. So it's not like you can stay there the entire hour and gather as much as you want. As for the Cordials I could of sworn I did plenty. Must of been food and manuals I popped while in a node.