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I'll say it again but this is just lazy developing. Static nodes should not exist. Pure and simple.

And defending them saying they somehow encourage PVP when the entire player community knows that's completely not true is silly.

The resource bags you can purchase for apprentice and journeyman level gatherable skills are really small and make gathering for any extended period quite discouraging. For journeyman herbalism, the bags only have 9 slots for herbs - each herb has 6 possible rarity types, and a JM herbalist can farm 9+ herbs. That's upwards of 54 possible herbs one can gather. Even if we take away epic and legendary because of their rarity, that's still 36 different herbs. If I go out and gather only herbs and collect nothing else, my 2 JM herb bags and my regular bag are filled within 30-45 minutes. Considering a gathering xp bonus scroll last 180 minutes, it feel particularly bad having to stop to go back to town and empty my bag. I think for the amount of time and effort that goes into getting JM level, bags should have more slots available to account for the number of rarity types there are in this game.

Gathering should not be static at all. Location needs to be random (withing an area), rarity needs to be random, and the respawn needs to be random within a large enough time frame so its not predictable.

I found a legendary braidwood tree, timed it and was able to make 100+ gold in 1 day. Insane and there was nothing anyone else can do about it.

I found a legendary rividium node. Two hours later, I got it again. And two hours after that. And two hours after that. I didn't even need my gathering gear on to ensure it would be legendary.

Nobody else knew. There was no potential conflict. My efforts to gain mining rarity rating didn't matter. It was ONLY about good timing. And I knew EXACTLY when to be back at that spot.

Gatherable shouldn't spawn with a pre-determined rarity. The rarity should depend on your roll when it's harvested. And that roll should have advantages based on your rarity rating (gear, food, node buffs).
You generate a roll, your rarity is added to that and the rarity is picked based on that roll.
For legendary mats, maybe you don't even have a chance to roll high enough without a decent rarity stat...or it's SUPER hard to get (like 1 out of 10000). But if you have stacked up 1000 rarity rating, you have a 1 in 100 chance on that legendary.

What about quantity? Has anyone ever mined over 5 things (besides the occasional gem or coal). Like trees. Never seen more than 5. Does speed actually work? I have not seen any difference, even being level 50 mining.

Make rarity mean something (as well as the other stats).
Get rid of static spawns. Maybe choose a random location in the navigatable area.
Get rid of perfectly timed spawns. May a set minimum time + a random number

Going to have to see how the new surveying concept plays out but generally the changes look good. No more logging in every 2-4 hours to monopolize a resource each reset.

Now we need hunting and fishing updates!

Now all that needs done is a gear/stat overhaul to properly adjust TTK, and a proper adjustment for disparity between different rarities of the same gear. Do that and then a server wipe will allow for much more accurate data of class balancing in PvP.

Holy shit this is fixing most of the crafting system in one go let's go

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Dev Discussion - Gatherable Spawning System

• What aspects of the current gathering system do you like and dislike?
• What makes a gatherable system fun for you? What kind of scenarios would you like to see encouraged through the system? An example could be finding a high-level Surveyor to party up with, or a party to lock down a nearby cave full of gatherables.
• Are there gatherable systems in other games that you enjoy? What about those mechanics do you find fun?
• Which of the upcoming gathering-related changes excites or intrigues you the most, and why?

Please don't feel limited to the thought-starters above! Feel free to share any thoughts, concerns, or stories regarding gathering with us in this Dev Discussion.