What is the +Spiritbonding Cap?

[Kaurhz]

Is there a reason they nerfed spiritbonding for gathering to be so low? It wasn't blistering-fast before, even with the stacked +bonding buffs.

The capped rate went from +5 (if I recall), to +2. There was also a small excerpt in the patch notes:

"Spiritbond gained when gathering will now be based on gear's equipping level rather than its item level.
Following this adjustment, spiritbond bonuses when gathering at unspoiled or legendary nodes has been adjusted."

But I think part of this compensation is that you can now double-dip with the folklore items from Endwalker, versus traditionally in the past where it was only practical to do it on current-expansion folklore. Like, if you double dip a Dawntrail and Endwalker node in the same window then you'll actually get significant Spiritbond from it.

I think it's around 15-20 minutes now to do a complete set.