Quote Originally Posted by Lemuria View Post
You kind of contradict your own point here. I too enjoy crafting, but the current system forces you to jump through a LOT of hoops just to get to that stage. ... It's a horrible, and unjustifiable system. You simply can't defend it.
Unless you like jumping through the hoops. Which, in fact, I do.

3.0 made gatherers more important to crafters. I'm both, and I'm fine with it.