The even more idiotic grind that was added to gathering and crafting with Heavensward is the reason that I've barely played in the past month.

The game feels more like work than fun. It sucks, and I doubt 3.1 is going to change that until the development team shifts the focus of DoH and DoL back to players being able to be self-sufficient with a reasonable amount of effort and away from keeping prices on the MB high to keep the greedy players happy.