Tyncale.1629 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I sure do. I have to say that I am a casual gatherer, only hitting nodes when I am on my way to something. Now that I am usually on my Mount, I notice that I can not be bothered to stop for a node anymore because the dismounting feels too disrupting. A more important issue is mobs in the vicinity of the node: once you dismount for a node and get aggro, you have to kill them first before you can mount again. I wonder how people experience this and what their solutions have been.I initially thought of a 7th option, namely "Please let us Harvest when Mounted" but since I think this would be the popular choice it would bork the poll. So if you feel you want that option, make sure to make a comment. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron.4372 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Well.. before PoF i was harvesting everything, everywhere. For now, with mounts I'm only harvesting nodes, that have some value - iron, platinum etc. I'm trying to skip all this worthless materials like copper, lentils, moussels. Time is money! :dizzy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayumi Spender.1082 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I harvest the exact same.If I see something that is worth my time to me, I go for it. If not, I keep on going.So Pickaxe, same usage... a ton.Axe, same usage... a ton.Sickles, same usage... when in guild halls or when the daily os forager... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faaris.8013 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 @Ayumi Spender.1082 said:I harvest the exact same.If I see something that is worth my time to me, I go for it. If not, I keep on going.But that has changed too. Is it worth now to stop for Mithril? I don't think so in most cases, its price has dropped from about 85 copper to 25 copper since PoF.You cannot earn money with it and I already have more than enough refined stuff. The price of deldrimor steel has dropped too, from about 7 gold to under 5 gold last I checked.I can say I don't harvest as much as before. I used to stop for everything and walked unneccessary paths for it. I have Unbound Magic gathering tools and only got 4k Unbound Magic since PoF, that's little compared to pre-PoF times and indicates how rarely I farm now. Materials seem to come mainly from salvaging now, and many people throw their hoarded mats on the market to get the griffon. That includes myself, I sold 20 deldrimor steel ingots for 5 gold each. A week before I sold some for 7 gold. If I had better market skills, I could have got 40 gold more for my stuff. People who have thousands of gold are probably buying that stuff now, and expect that prices will rise again, while the majority sells cheap to cash in. A griffon now is better than a griffon in 2 months ^^I believe it will take a few more weeks before prices bounce back, and then I will start gathering more again. I should gather mats now and hoard, but I'm just too lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy Lu.3865 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 For me, it is farming or mounting. I never combine both.Side note: This poll seems to consider that everybody is now mounting everywhere. It is not my case. I like mounts, but I find them of not much use in worlds/areas else than Elona (rather even a bit disturbing!).Out of Elona, I use mounts in very few cases: If I want to rapidly cross over an entire area without any stops on the way, or for some vistas/JPs if it makes them go faster. Apart from those sporadic cases, I don't use mounts elsewhere than Elona.To be honest, at the beginning, the necessary to dismount for everything got me very rapidly bored, and also it was causing me motion sickness after a while. I therefore very rapidly gave up on taking mounts when I knew that I will need to dismount several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I harvest less, but not because of mounts.The current market is such that most materials I would have gathered before are not worth the time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mXz.4512 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 [x] "I changed nothing: I will still harvest any node that I would have before."I harvest when I feel I need to harvest, it hasn't changed in any way over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyrateSilly.4710 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I have mounts and I don't use them that much at all either in core or HoT or PoF. Right away I noticed it dismounted you for harvesting and battle and it was just a pain for me to mount back to go 2 feet to harvest or battle again so I just don't. I am still harvesting everything and killing everything. I am enjoying the game without being mounted. I don't really play the TP/market so the 'fall' of prices of materials has not had an impact on me. I collect the resources for myself so yes I will still harvest everything and kill everything. I can still make gold from selling the white/blue/green drops on the TP, if it doesn't sell for at least 3x the price of the merch then in the mystic toilet it goes for maybe something that will or maybe another skin that I didn't have. If I am out and about having too much fun killing and collecting then maybe I will salvage for the materials and space.By the way I don't mind that it dismounts you to do things, it should. I just want to bother mounting and dismounting all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celldrax.2849 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Still the same for me.Mounts just speed up the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyncale.1629 Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 @Dreamy Lu.3865 said:For me, it is farming or mounting. I never combine both.Side note: This poll seems to consider that everybody is now mounting everywhere. It is not my case. I like mounts, but I find them of not much use in worlds/areas else than Elona (rather even a bit disturbing!).Out of Elona, I use mounts in very few cases: If I want to rapidly cross over an entire area without any stops on the way, or for some vistas/JPs if it makes them go faster. Apart from those sporadic cases, I don't use mounts elsewhere than Elona.To be honest, at the beginning, the necessary to dismount for everything got me very rapidly bored, and also it was causing me motion sickness after a while. I therefore very rapidly gave up on taking mounts when I knew that I will need to dismount several times.Yes, I hear what you are saying. I enjoy the speed and special abilities of Mounts but the Mounting/dismounting thing is a (necessary) nuisance(also visual sometimes). I have given up my Speedrunes (of the Traveler) though so unless I trait Druid again or use one of my Skillslots for the 25% speed signet(Ranger), I will be mounting and dismounting a lot..... I have been thinking of eating the loss of a good Rune/Skillslot/Traitline though just to be fast again when I am on my feet. Not decided yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventris.3208 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 @Celldrax.2849 said:Still the same for me.Mounts just speed up the process.Exactly! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I haven't changed how I gather materials. I think it helps that I'm using to combining gathering and mounts from games like Elder Scrolls Online and Dragon Age: Inquisition where you have the same problem of having to dismount to gather materials. Partially because of that and partially because I like to explore an area as I'm passing through, even if I think I've seen it all before, I suspect I'm using mounts a lot less than many people - even in PoF maps.I won't gather absolutely everything I can find, but if it's along my way I'll often stop to get it. Unless I'm really in a hurry (which is pretty much only when I'm meeting up with a group), but then I'll waypoint most of the way anyway. (What I should do is use some of those teleport to friend items I keep forgetting I have.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oglaf.1074 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Way, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyncale.1629 Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 Mm, probably should have added a 7th option of "I am harvesting more now" . I hope those people will indeed choose option 5 (changed my tune) and post about it. It is very interesting to read how people harvest (since PoF). I guess the Mount speed is a big boon for serious harvesters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacial.9516 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Outside PoF I harvest the same. In PoF I only harvest very specific nodes because mob range means that I'll likely spend five times longer getting back on my mount than I do harvesting (unless I'm on a class with access to stealth or invulnerability, or in some cases projectile destruction). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwilightSoul.9048 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Since with the mount I move a lot more around on the map because it takes less time I tend to harvest more. Usually I wouldn't take detours for most nodes, I do it more often now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oglaf.1074 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 @Tyncale.1629 said:Mm, probably should have added a 7th option of "I am harvesting more now" . I hope those people will indeed choose option 5 (changed my tune) and post about it. It is very interesting to read how people harvest (since PoF). I guess the Mount speed is a big boon for serious harvesters. For someone who only plays Warrior - a class without a runspeed signet - it is a huuuuuuuuge boon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djinn.9245 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I harvest less in general because I don't want to bother dismounting and dealing with mobs as many have mentioned. But when I do bother to dismount, I stay off the mount and run around gathering / killing / etc. to make the best use of my dismounted time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvari.2953 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I don't like crafting and I'm not a mat hoarder so I rarely harvest. I mostly only do it for the daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despond.2174 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I have mined less because I will end up spamming and seeing the mount/dismount animation over and over, funny how that works out. I usually farmed on my DD thief anyway, so not having to mount/dismount every node was fast, not as fast but less spammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrubySzymek.1362 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I harvest less but it's not because of mounts but because market prices collapsed after PoF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rauderi.8706 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 If I harvest less than I did before, it's because the aggro range on PoF critters is way too high.Or because the materials market crashed, so even mid-tier materials aren't worth what they were before.Sprockets are up though, so I always stop for ore. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DedTreeJig.3245 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I now skip some nodes, but the biggest change for me was turning in auto-loot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambros Augustus.6594 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Its strategic harvesting. If I am on Scourge even a horde of jacarandas wont stop me. If I am on ranger I try and lose the jacarandas. On the whole I will not skip past nodes if I am not in a hurry but also mat prices have deflated so thats also a factor currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikazukiYuki.5036 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Mount + Light-Roasted Coffee = Quickness-fueled gathers every 20 seconds. I am still amused by this enough to stop and gather most things.Some nodes just stay unharvested due to mob density and aggro range in PoF maps, bit that's really a PoF issue not a mounts or gathering one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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