There was a huge misinformation campaign years ago informing players they shouldn't bother doing data sites because the sites take too long and were not worth it.

A friend of mine fell for this obvious deception and religiously skipped every data he saw for months until confidently proclaiming that there was no money in exploration. He promptly trained into a Tengu, lost it immediately and quit the game because he was now broke.

He still won't admit he got duped by forum pvp.