Quote Originally Posted by Sonic_the_Hedgehog View Post
Huh? The gatherers are the ones that collect the catalysts, without the gatherers there would be no way to join the materia with the items.
It's not about you technically playing a part as a gatherer. It's whether or not you control a rate-limiting step in the process that people will demand.

For the battler, that power sounds like it lies not in their ability to make materia (trash) but in their ability to HQ a materia (win).
For the crafter, their ability not just to put the materia in the weapon (trash), but to put two of them in (win).
For the gatherer...they provide the catalyst? Trash? Win?
Gonna have to make it pretttttty rare for it to be win.