so the patch apparently altered the drop restriction for ingredients.
e.g., mudcrab meat previously only drops in last zone of each faction. Now it seems it drops depending on your character's level? I just find them in 3rd DC zone.
now, if this drop is scaled to your skill level (NOT your overall character level), that would be a great change.
if this drop is scaled to overall character level, then it would be horrible.
I am also wondering if similar changes occurred for alchemy, e.g., solvent drop.