Hello, theres probly a thread about this somewhere within this Forum about the new "updates" to Gathering. Mainly the removal of all HQ mats (other than crafted items) Primarily Gathering. I myself am what I consider a Professional Gatherer. Its been for the most part my livelyhood within FF. I've spent hours, days, weeks, gathering for myself, my friends, my FC, and a bit on the side to sell, thousands of mats, all HQ, I would sell the NQ for cheap, because for me, it was easier crafting what i wanted with HQ mats to get an HQ item. I've heard some have complained this takes too long and is overly boring to gather for your own crafting mats. Well yes it is, but its something i've always done without complaint. I've spent millions of Gil on Aesthetes, melding, penta melding, days getting perfected skysteel tools. Just so I can have an easier time getting HQ mats for myself and others to use. Now I'm being told that there will no longer be HQ mats with endwalkers? To make it easier, to be able to increase yeild, to flood the market and drive prices down? To essentially kill the professional gatherer. I've tested a theory, i purchased a complete set of the lowest 80 gear, was all HQ cause that's all I could find, entire set cost about the same as two pieces of Aesthetes. No melds. I went to a lvl 80 legendary node, hit leafturn III and boom perfect gather of NQ triple star legendary cotton bolls... This is telling me, that with the new "update" to gathering, I just wasted millions of gil, theres no need for any of this special equipment anymore (except maybe for Fsh still, I understand they are still trying to figure this out) But yeah, I for one am a bit upset about the new changes coming, and i know some will say quit your whining, or troll me. Oh well. Its just upsetting that my chosen source of income in game is being taken from me because others felt it was too tedious and boring to do what a lot of us have done for years. Well they must understand, once all mats are NQ, crafters will have to struggle more to make an HQ item out of those mats, larger chance at failure, unless your specked out to do it easily. Again im just one person, a bit upset but will get over it, find a new source of income. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.