Well if some chucklehead didn't decide that in order for crafters/gathers to actually meet the crafting/gathering requirements need full HQ pentamelded gear, and then only supply a single place in the entire game to get that materia.

And then deciding instead of allowing a choice in diadem by just giving conversions from brass <-> steel, someone gladly piped up and said "hey, no one at all complained about the grinding for favors. Let's give them something even more grindy, and we won't even allow them to stealth to do it!". And there was much rejoicing.

I ****ing hate gather grinding. But I also want to make high house glamour to make the gil to buy the damn rank V materia that I need to even look at the sky pirate gear (full HQ 60 has me 90 control short) that you can't even attempt through spirit binding. And the rate of steel is so low I've been lucky to hit 6 each time I've been in there.