Perception.....

[Green_and_a_Half]

Because finding the cap for any stat is helpful. Finding the cap for Output means you do not have to waste putting anymore gear twards that, which allows you to put more into Perception/ gathering/ MND etc...

i guess what i was getting at is if you are gathering mats that are higher then your lvl, then a cap of 114 gathering is needed to get on the first swing
and if you are gathering mats that come as more then 1 per gather then 114 output is needed
but...
If you are going for hq ore, logs, and rocks where you can only get one at a time. and know where to strike
~you dont need gathering or output in any way~