the real killer is the availability of mats. It's bad enough when the best you can do is only collect 15-30 of an item per hour. Now you're looking at a ton of pre-work for favours just to get anywhere near a node. You don't get to just craft/gather anymore, you get to grind grind grind just for the opportunity of getting a little craft/gathering done.

I absolutely dread to think what horrors they think they'll get away with next update/expansion. But I doubt I'll last that long.