I just...don't care anymore.

[Porkchop]

The relationship between crafters and gatherers rely a lot on the idea of "helping each other out". Right now gatherers dont need crafters' help. They don't just "give favors" to crafters. Crafters either pay them in cash, or do them some other "favors" like supplying glamor gear.

I do not quite agree with you on this point. Every gatherer worth their salt knows that future proofing is always worth it. First week gathering is *really* lucrative. You can make one or two months' worth of cash in the first week if you can grab new stuff ASAP.
Also, gatherers can only reach 700gp with the new accessories, which gives them additional options on their rotation. The offhands also give significant boost that will be needed for the new nodes. If previous patches are any indication (since SE loves following patterns and tweaking them), this is up to par. Minimal stat requirement for x.0 patches, stringent ones for the new stuff.
Of course, most gatherers don't know about this, but you just need to convince them to. If they prefer short term profit (selling favor mats), you can still take advantage of that.

The relationship between crafters and gatherers rely a lot on the idea of "helping each other out". Right now gatherers dont need crafters' help. They don't just "give favors" to crafters. Crafters either pay them in cash, or do them some other "favors" like supplying glamor gear.

Right now, the gil flow is pretty one-sided.... only from crafters to gatherers... And crafters are just making lower level crafters' money by selling everything below 2 star.

This is true for the most part. I admit, high end crafters are dealt a shitty hand this time around. But in the long term it will benefit us. More people are getting into gathering, since it is pretty much the only way to make serious cash right now. When new recipes come, if we have a geared army of gatherers, the competition between them will drive the price of mats down. That means more mats available at market board at affordable prices, more 'catch-up' people to sell gear to (including crafters lol), bigger market in general.

The only catch is if the new recipes somehow managed to be poopier than the current ones (tinkers calm v2?), then we're utterly screwed. But I have faith on SE, they aren't stupid. I'm sure the current system is here for a reason.

Thank the chocobo fairy for a good art team, because this is the one redeeming factor of the red scripts. At least the gear looks pretty! Unfortunately it also makes me wish we could glamour our new goodies combat gear >.< CRY!!! This would be a fun-tastic feature.

Me too... I wish I can glamour the pimp coat onto everything.