I can see why this system is in place. altho very frustrating for those who play alot. I look at it this way, the system is in place to limit items on the market for a simple reason the crafting system multiplies all over the place, for example 3 copper ore + 1 tin ore = 12 brass nuggets / 2 = 6 brass rings or chokers, so 4 starting turns into 6 in the end if they just let people farm with no cut back, prices on ore will drop like a rock and even if you just make rings and sell them to the vendor you will make far to much gil for it to even mean anything. fair prices on upper end items will mean nothing because with how easy resources would be to get, also having a high lvl craft would mean nothing if they did not limit gathering in the long run.