It's both, Farming might be up some, but sadly there isn't much to farm, all the medium encounters still drop shit items, all the good items drop from high encounters or 'good' guy encounters, and even then it's not often. The crafting cooldown combined with the effort needed just to be able to craft anything good has successfully ground the crafting system to a virtual halt. There were rumors of other fixes to HELP the crafting system but so far it's just been more hurt to it.