Its an insult to see 2's and 3's even 1's sometimes and the worse "fail to gather anything" when your a Master Crafter.
Once someone becomes a Master Crafter they should get max amount when harvesting, gathering, mining, quarrying, and Lumbering as a reward for all the hard work took to get their Master rating.
Smaug
PS: yes i do have a Biped with Master rating