Honestly, all this talk about "what does 300% increase mean" is sort of pointless. It can mean whatever you think it means, but the proof is in the pudding. Seems like most posters are reporting 4 mats per favor. And that's all that matters. If I recall, I was getting about 4 per favor before the patch as well.

However, they didn't actually address the problem. Gatherers spend their time getting red scrips for their token-exchanged gear. Crafters spend their time gathering favor mats themselves since gatherers aren't doing it since the only thing crafters have to offer gatherers are useless OH tools.

Put crafter-made gatherer gear (10 iLvl lower, but meldable) and gatherers will start posting more favor materials. And then there will be an actual viable economy with this ridiculous scrip token concept SE forced on us.