How do I get scrips?

[Welsper59]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._rotation_and/

The info is quite wordy there, but it'll give you a more in-depth look at how collectables work. It's seriously not a complicated system. The 600GP minimum is definitely something you want to aim for. Once you get your hands dirty and test it out yourself a few times, it becomes no more complex than using any of your other skills.

That's a shame. I think that is very poor design to require players to be online at a very specific time just to use these gathering nodes and then gate entire content behind it.

I think I will just not bother with the whole thing. It really is disheartening and makes me not want to even play the game at this point.

They're timed, but not so much IRL as it is in-game time (ET Eorzean Time). Most unspoiled nodes spawn at each AM/PM of their time for Heavensward areas. For example, the unspoiled node for Adamantite Ores will spawn at 11a.m. AND 11p.m. ET. This means every 30min IRL, the node will spawn. I really wouldn't consider this poor design, given that they want it to have some minor degree of rarity (similar to how its been since 2.0 launched), and not just something you can freely bot for 24hrs a day non-stop.