With all the new to come i just had to write some ideas...

[Kira]

well the "easy shortcut" would seem in my eyes is to lower the log outcome of trees and that might do the trick

[Cyrus Tegyr]

I do not really see a problem with the current system in terms of log count. Some skills are easier in terms of material gathering, if I were to make any changes in terms of material versus output I guess is the concern here, just up the material cost for items crafted by bowyers or lower the material cost for items made by smiths. And that's if it is even needed which I don't think it is.

Personally I like that not all skills are cut and paste copies of the next in terms of crafting and their difficulty in training and even material gathering, it should be up to those who play the classes to price their items accordingly.