Thank you for the answers!

The problem of having to try so many times hoping I'd just get lucky is my lightning shards (once I tried 15 times for one of the Ixali quests). It's the shards I have the least of while all others I have over 1000. Though I am currently trying to level Miner (wish I could collect them with Botanist instead) as well so I can collect my own lightning shards/crystals. Mostly using the provisions with my GC to level it.

And of course the cost of some materials are little expensive for my taste (though it's most likely just my server), so some materials are harder for me to get which is another reason why I want to level Botanist, so I can get some of those materials.

I need to try leves at some point.