Community name "Gathering Fatigue"

[Elkwood]

It's not really something that needs to be fixed (and has been this way since release). The flood of items into the game if this wasn't in effect would be catastrophic.

However, Xenor makes a good point that they should change it so the item decrease still occurs, but you are still able to gain SP.

The problem is the amount of SP gain is horrendous for mining and gathering it is also redundant and incredibly boring to grind once you hit 22/23+ but because of the lack of materials on the market as a crafter you are almost forced to do said activity.