Thoughts based on the Live Letter?

[Astrelle_hyperion]

I'm not quite sure what you're meaning by "guaranteed" ooids off of favors/RGT. In a normal 5-favor/iRGT run I get ~18 ooid-class and 2-3 roundstone-class mats. (Numbers lower by ~4 and 1 for most BTN favors setsdue to them being worse in terms of distance & aggro)

[Roth_Trailfinder]

I'm not quite sure what you're meaning by "guaranteed" ooids off of favors/RGT. In a normal 5-favor/iRGT run I get ~18 ooid-class and 2-3 roundstone-class mats. (Numbers lower by ~4 and 1 for most BTN favors setsdue to them being worse in terms of distance & aggro)

From the 3.1 patch notes :
3.0 When using Matron's Favor or Trader's Favor, players will always be able to locate a hidden gathering point at least once under the effect's duration

That guarantees at least one ooid-class (as you put it) per favor, or at least 5 ooid-class per RGT.

Getting 18 ooids from one RGT and 14 from the other means you spend 2 RGT to get the stuff to hand in with only one RCT, with 8 and 4 left over, leaving you 2 and 6 short for the second RCT. That imbalance is what I was getting at, that they may be hinting they are trying to correct with that line in the live letter.