It would be nice if SE added Gathnering/Crafting parties to the game.

Thus if you craft with other crafters in your party within a 20 yalm radius of eachother you get a stat buff (be that perception and gathering, or control and craftmanship), so that you can score HQ easier.

Sorta like, if you craft/gather with a party of 8 you get up to 30% more chance of scoring an HQ (A 4% buff per each player in the party).

That would sure make gatherers and crafters stick together and have fun, and it would be group effort driven, just as the battle system.