Quote Originally Posted by Gath View Post
It really cannot get more boring than it already is, if I want a certain amount of one material i should be able to go out and get it then continue doing the fun things that i want to do. A larger influx may occur but there are fixes to that. Like make it so the node vanishes after a single person gathers from it. This would remedy it and cause a little bit of competition, which is what we need.
That is an awful idea, to be completely honest. Competition in gathering? No, that's the last thing we need. Yeah let's make it so the RMT can monopolize everything and encourage more hostility and animosity toward other players. Not to mention the fact that it would make leveling a gathering class infinitely more difficult.

In my opinion gathering is fine as it is. I can stand to do the gathering mini-game all day long, it's crafting that I actually can't stand. Instead of making gathering more boring, let's make crafting more fun. Or make both more fun and interesting, hell there's a new and original idea.

Anyone complaining about not being able to get the item they want from a node should check:

http://www.mooglebox.com/gathering/index.php

It doesn't include fishing but I can vouch that for mining and botany, you can get the item you want a vast majority of the time if you follow that.