The hell was square thinking with mining/botanist.

[Capita]

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38 BTN here, and here's my take on it.

Leveling was slow and boring. I don't think it'll hurt the economy at all. In fact, I think it'll help the low-mid level gathering because people will spend overall less time at a certain level, therefore they will gather a lot less of the items for that level.

My 30-35 got me something like 10 stacks plus a couple stacks of HQ Flax, with plenty left over even after using nothing but Linen to get my WVR from 35-50. Flax on my server is usually somewhere around 80g per stack, with tons of undercutting from people overfarming it.

People tend to stop gathering certain items on two conditions. The first, is when their crafting class no longer needs the item for crafting. The second, is when their gathering class out-levels the item. The first one is an easy condition to fill, because crafting classes level FAST. The second one is generally a LOT slower, and results in a surplus of items for that level that will end up going to the MP.

So the less time people spend in certain level ranges, the more money we can stand to make from items in those level ranges. Sure, high-level items might decrease in price. But not everyone likes gathering enough to take it to max after they've already maxed their crafting; at least not as many compared to the people only gathering to level their crafting.