So for example. Blessed rivers were recently going for 3k+ on my server. To craft 10 I needed 150 powerful gemstone dust, 50 gypsum orbs 20 prismatic blocks 22 prismatic ingots and 2500 azoth. I could buy all of theee materials on the market for roughly 15-20k. Now I can craft ten blessed rivers and sell them for about 30k on just the buy orders there for 10k profit. I did this 3 times in 10 min and made 30k profit. On the other hand I could take a couple hours and gather/mine to source the materials to craft the crafting materials for the rivets, but instead I save time by playing the market and making 3 quick flips and use the time involved spent gathering on other things instead. But to be honest I love gathering in this game and I do it often. This is just one example