So, no it is not as issue about EP or gold. It's only an issue if you have OCD, and feel an intense need to process every single log you gather. Perhaps after, that there would be an intense need to sharpen every pencil to the same length and turn the lights on and off exactly 12 times in a row... but that's not my business.
700 logs is a lot of logs not to be able to process, and, yes, every pencil must be the same length. The way to achieve this is to sharpen them down to the eraser. They're small but, voila, the same length! 
I have bought a fair few (probably over 200 or so) saps/coal from him over my time prospecting and forestrying (is that how its even said).
Just laziness really, lol.
I can understand buying a bit like you say.
Logs are kinda gigantic. It doesn't "take a genius IQ" to see that Sacks are a much better investment for gathering, rather than huge backpacks and bag slots.
Thank you for pointing out something I didn't know. I'll have to get a sack and see how they work. They looked small so I thought they couldn't hold as much. Thanks for that information again!
Its ok the way it is ... you can get extra money for selling ur spare logs to vendors or you buy wood sap from vendor / other player.
I mostly buy wood sap from Vendor, because gold is like infinite anyway ... and there is no real use for gold except for this + animal skins ...
So sell the spare logs or buy sap from other players if you want to level forestry fast with timber
Apparently gold becomes easier to obtain at higher levels which was something I didn't know. Thank you. I don't believe a market system exists yet in game. Am I right toI assume people trade via the forums or possibly by shouting in game?
This acctually makes Wood Sap valuable to players who wants to buy them. Meaning that a lower level player who dont really need the timber can sell all his Wood Sap to player for a quite good income.
Wood Sap, Crystal Powder and Animal Skin all works nice. There is no problem at all with them.
And as mentioned if you chop all these logs and wood sap to level up your forestry, use the extra logs with the dailies and vendor whats left. There is nothing that forces you to buy the extra Wood Sap from the vendor.
And I suggest you buy Sacks instead of Backpacks since they offer more for this kind of thing...
I'd be more than happy to buy from players. As I stated in an earlier reply I'll look into how I can do that. You are the second to suggest sacks, so thank you too for that advice/tip!
I don't see a problem at all. Paying real money for the game is completely optional, and they don't even shove it down your throat like most free mmo's.
You cut some trees and get xp, I don't see how that's so difficult to get past level one.
What is your time zone? When are you playing? When I play, there's usually a solid 200 players online across all 3 servers.
Also, 5 silver is nothing. Just by doing the vault, I make an easy 1.5g per run (and that counts keeping the flake from the 3rd boss, and not selling it). If anything, it's encouraged to do combat and not just skilling to make some quick money.
My apologies, there were in fact almost 200 people across the servers at that time.
Also, as I stated above, I didn't realize that gold is easier to come by at the higher levels. Thank you for pointing that out!
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In general my post was directed to the creators of the game. Their concerns are most likely different than all of your concerns, or lack of (I don't say this in any demeaning way).
I pointed out how "I" perceived the "sysytem" to be working. If I'm the only one who perceives this issue in this way then there is not much for them to consider as I'm not going to drop tens of thousands of dollars on the game alone. But if a substantial amount of newcomers perceive this as I do, then I've given them some valuable information.
And I do wish to thank all of the posters for their replies. You've cleared up a lot of questions that I had. Thank you!
Edited by Yeno, 27 January 2014 - 18:50.