This is not correct. Rich > Bountiful > Abundant > Moderate. Just look at the costs for the associated missions. As to why the 'common wisdom' that anything Abundant or Moderate is not worth it, I don't know why that exists.

I guess I'm assuming that at some point (because it was this way in Another Game), all Crafting professions will get BoP items/perks the same way Biochem has that reuseable Medpack/Stim now. So you'd want to have one Crafting prof on your main to get that special item/perk.

The point is that I take one Crafting Skill (lets say Armstech) two Gathering skills (Slicing and Scavenging) on my main to maximize what I can find as I'm leveling. If I ever need a Blue/Purple crafting Material to make a weapon, I can have Investigation on a level 10 alt and just send their Companion to grab a few of the Blue/Purple mat needed. Not seeing a downside to this...anyone else?

Trying to think through the point of getting Mission skills on your main character rather than on a lower-level alt. Only thing I can think of is the LS/DS bonuses you can get from Diplomacy. It seems like everything else created by Mission skills is BoE, so it can simply be sent to whatever character you need. Is anyone aware of BoP items from Mission skills or any talk of having them in the future? Or should I just drop my Mission skills now for a second Gathering?

OP = Trollololol. That is all.