I am extremely disappointed in this update. I do not appreciate having to pay for the questionable gaming habits of other members of the community, nor do I appreciate ANET making it even more difficult for me to level my cooking. I simply do not have the time to grind for supply bags! Cooking is not easy to level, but I chose it on the understanding that I would be able to procure materials from vendors to augment the high cost of buying base ingredients from the cooking vendor. I play at least 3-4 hours a day and still don’t have very much in-game currency! I certainly don’t have the gold necessary to buy ingredients off the AH, nor do I want to spend my time on intensive farming, and I should not have to anyway when ANET itself said this game was not going to be farming-intensive.
I would not have bought this game had I known the developers would show such disregard for their player base, or have even a modicum of intelligence regarding how to properly balance a crafting profession!