Quote Originally Posted by Turntapeover View Post
1- The leaderboard in gathering has become a sleep deprivation contest. Now while some people might argue that no one is forcing you to participate, I think its pretty alarming that some people openly, and proudly state that they are going to stay up for almost 48hrs to win a bunch of letters above their heads. I personally think this should (and was intended) to be about gathering skills and speed, and not about who can sustain lack of sleep the longest.
The problem is there’s no real such thing as gathering skills. If me and you read the same website, buy the gear they tell us and use the rotation they tell us we are essentially the same. And that’s the case for most all end game gatherers.

So then it becomes a choice - make it a sleep deprivation contest or make it a frustrating RNG contest.

I think this is the best of two evils but agree it’s not perfect. I just don’t really see any other way besides making it where I can beat you by doing exactly the same thing but getting luckier. At least you have control over the sleep deprivation.