Quote Originally Posted by Rath View Post
When a miner finishes getting his scrip gear...what is he going to do? Mine favors so he doesn't waste his scrips. A crafter gearing with red scrips will also be ready to craft whenever they decide to add new content. They get to do this bit by bit each week without feeling like they need to rush or miss out. There is nothing to miss out on currently, so they get to take their time.

This lack of an immediate goal may suck for people that are usually at the top of crafting, but that group is the actual minority.
this is the reason why they need to get rid of or find another use for favors item! There is NO reason a crafter should have to wait on gatherers to gear up in ordere to do their gear progression. Thats like having it set up here a healers cant start gearing till the tanks are finished gearing themselves. SE just do us a favor and remove favors from the game.