Gathering Skills a must? SWTOR

[Zhid]

Yes, you can have 1 main crafting skill, and 2 other crew skills that come from the mission skills of the gathering skills.

When you pick a main crafting skill though if you go to the codex it will tell you what 2 sub skills go take with your main skill to allow you to gather all the materials you need.

[Squirrellies]

1 gathering, crafting, and mission skill per character. Want more? no problem.. start a second character =p