Good luck getting a balanced crafting update. It has never happened in the history of RoM, and probably never will. Why? Well, for starters, it would mean that crafters would be important to end-game. And they simply don't want that. They usually wait 4-6 months before they even get all the recipes (if they do get all the recipes) into the game. So, personally, I am just glad that they even have 80 and 82 recipes IN the game at this point.
Ways to get more rare mats: Sarlo - yeh, this is a huge pain in the.... but you can swap server nodes at the same locations and sometimes triple your take (I do this at every node). And also, every node respawns at the same location (versus a random spot) so if you are really keen on doing this, you can always run to the same spots.
House planting: get to 95 and usually 1 in 10 will be a double batch with rare mats in it enough to make either 6 chests or 1 item. That means you can craft one every other day through house planting. Which is pretty good for 10 minutes of work.
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Verde - 84/72/75/30 R/S/K/M; Terrafirmer - 85/58/50/55 Ch/M/Wl/R
Realmguardians Guild
Lvl 85 Blacksmith, alt 80 Tailor, 85 Armorcarfter, 75 Alchemist, 78Carpenter.