The hell was square thinking with mining/botanist.

[DoctorSugarbear]

No they are fine as they are. Even at rank 45+, each level takes around 3,5-4hours of constant grind. This is not that much tbh, but it is indeed tedious. It does feel grindy etc etc, but having access to the rare high leveled materials is a great reward for it.

If everyone could cap those in a day, the gatherer's economy would turn into a mess.

So true. Make it too easy and the class is pointless because everyone will have maxed it. They should make it fun though, like a minigame or qte or something.