Quote Originally Posted by NaesakiAshwell View Post
But honestly the whole gathering node thing, as long as you plan ahead and keep an eye on time either via sites or ingame /echos and the like its really quite simple. You only miss out if you purposely don't keep track of the time / absent mindedly do something else which really begs the question do you really care you missed that node if you weren't keeping track?
As a 4 star crafter and gather I think I can say they wouldn't. I know timed nodes are annoying and all, but some stuff you have to deal with.

If materials that were traditionally gotten from timed nodes were made to be obtainable all the time, then there would less reason to buy them. It helps the economy but keeping it controlled so that the market isn't flooded any more than it already is.