The vitality attribute has been added to gatherer gear at level 60 and above. 51+????

[missybee]

dangerous nodes

As someone who was an avid logger in Mamook both before and after the addition of true sight mobs, I can't express how much this triggers me.

Stealth is good enough, holy hell. Gathering is probably one of the easiest things in this game.

Edit - My husband brought up a salient point:

Even if you have more HP and can survive a hit or two, you are still going to get screwed out of your unspoiled node, so it doesn't really make a difference.

[JunseiKei]

I question this addition.

Then I remembered when I first did SB nodes and didn't notice certain monsters while I was still landing/ running by on a mount. I'd get hit for 70-90% of my HP. If I was on foot, my chocobo would save me most of the time. If nothing else, it's good for realizing the aggro range is on monsters when you land, but can't stealth immediately. Monsters are attuned for the battle classes, not the gatherers.

As for why not 51+, there's no need. You didn't get one shot by mobs in HW areas. Sure, you couldn't take damage like a battle class, but you lived long enough to get away. There's simply no need for the SE team to go back and make a tweak on this on all gathering gear from level 51 all the way up to 70.

[Coatl]

Yeah this is just an oversight that I'm glad they caught now, as it would have just continued to be more of a problem further down the line anyway.

[Jib]

I just don't get it... some comments here saying about 1 hit or more hits.. how are you even getting hit?!?! ... if there are mobs around plan accordingly ... have some mobs around makes gathering a little bit different otherwise it is literally mindless spamming buttons. Use your eyes its not difficult ... it might be me but I really don't get what the complain is and some of these comments...

Sorry I don't want to seem "above you" but from my experience levelling 2 gathering classes I never found this issue

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Generally speaking, it ISN’T an issue, as long as you excercise due caution. I’m not talking turn Stealth on at the zone line, that’s an over abundance of caution. But simply making sure to turn Stealth on before something notices you and attacks is easy. Of course it is slow - you have TWO GAME HOURS to get to the node and harvest from it.

Now, accidents happen. No one is perfect. But while SB mobs can one or two shot you, HW mobs outside Diadem were never that strong relative to the miner/botanist/fisher. So it makes a certain amount of sense to do it for SB gear, not for HW+SB gear.

Of course, as an above poster mentioned, it would have been nice to have had the Vit on the gear when Diadem was current content!

[Canadane]

The world is supposed to be dangerous, and it only makes sense that if you put away your weapon to go harvest some crops, you might come across a bad time when a mob decides you're lookin' tasty.

[Kabooa]

The world is supposed to be dangerous, and it only makes sense that if you put away your weapon to go harvest some crops, you might come across a bad time when a mob decides you're lookin' tasty.

Yeah, well, all the things that make the world 'dangerous' just tend to make it annoying.

Like being dazed when mounted.

[TaleraRistain]

It wasn't really an issue in ARR and HW like it is in SB. You don't have things like the gauntlet of bugs and trees to get to the river in the The Fringes.

[Primura]

That's why i wasn't for this. You give a thing, people scream it's not enough. -_-

[RuneSevalle]

As someone who was an avid logger in Mamook both before and after the addition of true sight mobs, I can't express how much this triggers me.

Stealth is good enough, holy hell. Gathering is probably one of the easiest things in this game.

Edit - My husband brought up a salient point:

Even if you have more HP and can survive a hit or two, you are still going to get screwed out of your unspoiled node, so it doesn't really make a difference.

As an avid miner in FFXI's "Ifrit's Cauldron" - I REALLY wish gathering in FFXIV was as dangerous and engaging. It would definitely help with the market board competition issues.