Favor system

Has anyone tried the favor system out? I do not get it. Do the nodes show up on a timer? Do they just show up on the map and you have to go look for them without being able to see them with arbor call or something?

Also I bought the botanist favors for the Dravanian forelands, but it gave me a buff for the hinterlands.

I just tried it out and what it seems is that node will appear after a set time or maybe a set number of gathers.


How it worked for me is that i just gathered from the 6 nodes around( i did mining in coerthas) and after i had finished off the 2nd of the two that are grouped together is that the node showed up right there between the 2 i had just gotten. It was a red oid, hidden, so could only get 1, and that was the only node that popped for me during the 15 minutes.

I hope thats not the case..

Lets face it, favor mats are Thavanairan Silks and the finished mat (after turn in) are Kingly Whiskers.

Okay so, since it is in my best interest to get more mats out there, here is how it works.

Each favour gives you a 15 minute buff that will only work in the area it was for. You get 5 uses for this buff for your 50 gatherer scrips.

Stand next to a pair of lvl 60 nodes. Use your favour for the buff. Deplete a node, you will not spawn anything unless it is completely used up. When it vanishes, there is a chance to spawn a concealed node. If it spawns gather from it just like a normal node. You must use it up, so grab clusters once you obtain your scrip material. Once it is gone gather from the next node and it may spawn another concealed node. Keep gathering from nodes for 15 minutes.

Edit: Previously I assumed it was only a single pair that could spawn a node, this has been proven false and confirmed. It is pure RNG again.... On average I still get 3 items for each favour.

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Originally Posted by Rath

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This will be very helpful.

How do the nodes themselves work? Do we get a pass on the usual start at 25% have to discover the item mechanic? Are the items initially hidden like with timed spawn nodes? And do yield boosting skills work on these?

The nodes do not have a 25% start as each item is marked already. The mats are also considered hidden, so you get 1 from a node. 2 if you get lucky and get the rare mat as well. HQing the normal mats is possible, but they must have their quality lowered to turn them in.

As for my above post: edited with new information

Hey Rath, Thx for sharing but i cant underline what u wrote. I did 5 favors (50red scripts)

I got a total of 2 Dragons Wart and 14 Wyvern Wart.

On my first Favor i got 5 Wyvern. Second Favor gave me 2 and so on. They are NOT related to a pair of nodes cause i got 1 concealed Node from 1 pair and then on next pair (for reset old one) i got another concealed on different place.

Id say ist completly rng if u get or dont get a concealed node

Edit//: I gathered 21,31 (near lower skylords) [Churning Mists]

Only Thing whats for sure: You HAVE to harvest the nodes for unlock concealed + Need of 60 Nodes

who sells the favor things?

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Originally Posted by Luminius

Hey Rath, Thx for sharing but i cant underline what u wrote. I did 5 favors (50red scripts)

I got a total of 2 Dragons Wart and 14 Wyvern Wart.

On my first Favor i got 5 Wyvern. Second Favor gave me 2 and so on. They are NOT related to a pair of nodes cause i got 1 concealed Node from 1 pair and then on next pair (for reset old one) i got another concealed on different place.

Id say ist completly rng if u get or dont get a concealed node

Edit//: I gathered 21,31 (near lower skylords) [Churning Mists]

Only Thing whats for sure: You HAVE to harvest the nodes for unlock concealed + Need of 60 Nodes

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This is strange as I did my first favour buff depleting each node and I only triggered the concealed from the single pair. The next favour buff I still was depleting from the other node until I spawned 2 concealed in the same location again. I then decided to justreset that pair and see. Maybe it is location specific? But, as the previous poster stated he was mining all 6 and only triggered one spawn. I will be heading to your location next and see if it possibly works differently, but in CWH I was unable to spawn a node anywhere but that single pair. Perhaps it depends on the actual distance between the nodes, in CWH they are very close together.

Edit: You are correct. I was duped by the RNG!

in Western Ch i tried South Pairs around 19,26 and not got even 1 concealed in 30mins >.<

/Edit: Ok 2 different pairs in WCH offered concealed.

But still rng if u get it or not.

On a pair it can spawn after first OR second node

Sea of Clouds, Aurum Regis Sand node, 2 pairs concealed.

Okay, so I just did wyvern wart and did indeed get from 2 different pairs as well. I am going to go back to CWH next and try it again.

i never saw so many gathering attempts + 2 before ... and hated it XD

edit: btw, if we use all our red scrips for favors, it means we have to gather this stuff for ~10 hrs each week ? >.<

@Rath

Thanks to you I got 5 Foxgloves and 2 Bitter Foxgloves with a single Matron's Favor in Coerthas Western Highlands, that was working like a charm. (I did 3 regular rounds and then "Step 2" rounds for the rest")

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Originally Posted by Lyrinn

Sea of Clouds, Aurum Regis Sand node, 2 pairs concealed.

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Edit: 3 pairs concealed. It's literally just RNG. Every pair has a node so just hit every single node.

please who sells the favor things? no idea here..

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Originally Posted by Jaeifer

@Rath

Thanks to you I got 5 Foxgloves and 2 Bitter Foxgloves with a single Matron's Favor in Coerthas Western Highlands, that was working like a charm. (I did 3 regular rounds and then "Step 2" rounds for the rest")

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It does seem to work well in some areas, but I think it is more the spacing of the nodes. While doing some areas like churning mists, you have some locations with mobs and they are decently spread, even when paired. By just reseting the one pair that is next to each other I went from 2-3 mats a favour on my first 3 buffs up to 5-6 on my last two. I think this is how CWH was working as well, as that south pair is literally next to each other and the NW pair can be flying distance apart.

I edited out the steps in that post as the node will actually appear in any location. Regardless, in some places I will use that method as it is much faster. Also, some nodes are prone to getting +1/2 gather attempts and it really adds up.

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Originally Posted by Rath

It does seem to work well in some areas, but I think it is more the spacing of the nodes. While doing some areas like churning mists, you have some locations with mobs and they are decently spread, even when paired. By just reseting the one pair that is next to each other I went from 2-3 mats a favour on my first 3 buffs up to 5-6 on my last two. I think this is how CWH was working as well, as that south pair is literally next to each other and the NW pair can be flying distance apart.

I edited out the steps in that post as the node will actually appear in any location. Regardless, in some places I will use that method as it is much faster. Also, some nodes are prone to getting +1/2 gather attempts and it really adds up.

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Yeah I had a concealed spawn on every one in CWH now but one set of them is such a pain because of the Ice Commanders around it so I usually just tag that one.
Luckiest I had was 7 Foxgloves and 2 Bitter Foxgloves from 1 Favor - was super happy about it.

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Originally Posted by silverhope

please who sells the favor things? no idea here..

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idly 6,5 the folklore woman

Worst thing is these stupid favor items also have HQ versions. I'm pretty sure we wont get double the mats if we trade HQ, so HQ will be probably just a nuisance because you will have 2 stacks of the item and you wont be able to trade half half

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Originally Posted by Chrolo

Worst thing is these stupid favor items also have HQ versions. I'm pretty sure we wont get double the mats if we trade HQ, so HQ will be probably just a nuisance because you will have 2 stacks of the item and you wont be able to trade half half

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As Rath said, you have to lower their quality to turn them in, so no problem there.

Lower Quality is a thing. The bigger annoyance is how you're not guaranteed to get any mats at all. I went through 30 minutes (2 favors) without revealing a single concealed node, because apparently time-gated tokens aren't valuable.

Right i completely forgot the lower quality thing. Still useless to implement HQ right now though ~.~

Hq can be traded in for hq crafting mats so not useless.

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Originally Posted by Thrustie

Hq can be traded in for hq crafting mats so not useless.

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that's not from the HQ items but a second, rarer item that can be gathered sometimes from the same nodes. So its indeed useless to have HQ.

Talking about the HQ crafting mats, they also cost 3 tokens (150 scrips) instead of 1, thats beyond stupid...

Oh my bad. I thought that's what he was talking about. I never got an HQ on my runs which is odd come to think of it.