Subtle changes added to legend patch?

Heh, this was my brother's secret method all along, he's been doing this. He says you can't get past level 5 on either mining or herbalism per day without outside intervention though.
Empathy = Herbalism
Willpower = Mining (This is annoying because Insight is at least 30 - 50% more difficult to level than Willpower)
Diligence = The other secondary professions

Seems like a huge grind, unless they removed the ~10 seconds per ore animation time.

edit: as in reaching level 10 38 times, making ~87400 jewels/plates/powders in the process. 874 slots if you kept them. 10 days of doing nothing but forging 24-hours a day, consuming 300 of those Super Moos each day.