Gathering grades IV -> V

I started mining today after a large break, went from 21-30 by starting on grade IV then swapping over to leves at 25.

I can't find anyone who knows or has any info on when i should swap to Grade V however. From the looks of my out of leve XP I may be able to start at 30, but 30-50 on grade V's seems very very wrong to me.

You can start picking up Grade 5 leves at 35, and you get the detect ability at 38. You can move up whenever you feel comfortable.

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Originally Posted by Raldo

You can start picking up Grade 5 leves at 35, and you get the detect ability at 38. You can move up whenever you feel comfortable.

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This. Personally, I'd suggest staying at Grade 4 till level 38 anyway, since the exp remains more efficient.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

This. Personally, I'd suggest staying at Grade 4 till level 38 anyway, since the exp remains more efficient.

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I agree with this, just makes it easier to find nodes

Well I started Grade IV 8 lvs before i had the proper scan ability. I just use a map with all the nodes on it and travel a full loop, find the active nodes then get to it. It seems like a lot more EXP when doing it that way, but it may not be just due to me not being able to mine loads at a single node.

Perhaps I'm just an old geezer since when I levelled you couldn't do that. But I still think by the time you find a node you could have got more xp by going straight to it if you have the ability. Also you can basically spam leves from 35-38 unless you've used up your allowance.

grade 5 leves at 35 with exp scrolls to get 6k a gather on the SHQ leve

i might be imagining this, but it seems to me that Gridania has the most abundant "free" nodes, I'd almost run out my clock picking up all the extra nodes between leve nodes, and often found both botanist and miner nodes clustered together so id just switch around. Sometimes there's even two nodes right smack next to each other. This is of course anecdotal evidence and may not be a real thing but it certainly seemed that way to me! Also If you looking for a blind gathering spot, you cant beat Iron Lake

Maybe this site will help you, I used it and it helped out alot. all the info you need.

http://grudge11.wix.com/miners-guide...-and-gathering

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Originally Posted by Raldo

You can start picking up Grade 5 leves at 35, and you get the detect ability at 38. You can move up whenever you feel comfortable.

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^ that. In terms of just grinding on grade 5, you can start as low as 33-34. I think i started at 34. Anything below that range your # of attempts will probably be way too low for it to be worth running around looking.

Greetings!

I'd like to give you all an update on the progress we have been making on gathering point grades.

We understand that in 1.0, the gathering point grades varied quite a bit which made it difficult to choose one appropriate for your level. In A Realm Reborn, we will be preparing corresponding grades for each level.

We feel this should solve the problem that many of you have brought up where the experience points you were receiving past 40 from grade 5 gathering points just wasn't enough to level up efficiently.

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Originally Posted by Okipuit

Greetings!

I'd like to give you all an update on the progress we have been making on gathering point grades.

We understand that in 1.0, the gathering point grades varied quite a bit which made it difficult to choose one appropriate for your level. In A Realm Reborn, we will be preparing corresponding grades for each level.

We feel this should solve the problem that many of you have brought up where the experience points you were receiving past 40 from grade 5 gathering points just wasn't enough to level up efficiently.

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Hogwash! Back when I was a youngin', I fished at Iron Lake from 40 onwards. I got 100sp per fish and I liked it!

and then I discovered the G9 at Moraby Bay

Bah, There are many other ways to level your DoL classes without actually going out into the fields. That being said, I do not know if these other methods ( Primals, Quests, etc ) will be removed or not in 2.0.

EDIT: Passive aggressive anger removed. I miss fishing ;_;.

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Originally Posted by LlenCoram

I miss fishing ;_;.

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I can't believe I am saying this, but so do I.

*Incoming large post*

I started going for Axe of the Luminary in Treespeak (Grade V) as a BTN30. By the time I had finished that area and half of Halatali (Grade V), without touching any other areas, I was BTN50. This included completion of off-hand achievements Personally I liked that I got a quarter of the achievements (5490 hatchet strikes and about 1000 scythe swings) done while gaining 20 levels.

Will this be the same proportion? By going from 1-50 can we expect to have 30% of the achievements done, or less than 10%? Apart from the weeks of effort, I think this might effect players' willingness to pursue the Luminary tools. I suppose you can't answer this without Yoshi-P's consent, let alone some absurd calculations based on estimated exp gained in each area.

I'm also curious as to how gathering achievements will change as a result of the shift from a Grade system to a tree/rock/fish level system. This video shows us that trees have levels now (presumably in increments of 5). Does this mean that rather than one achievement per grade per region will change to one achievement per level per region (Black Shroud lvl15 Mature Trees, for example)? If so, how will recorded values from 1.0, such as the several hundred Mining strikes I have n Thanalan V, be recalculated for the new achievements? Or will these incomplete achievements be unobtainable, and new achievements take their place? I seem to remember they were not among the list of 1.0 exclusives.

Any answers you can provide would be nice. I know I spent a lot of time mining Thanalan Grade V, and I'd hate to have that all disappear in case I want to pick it up again (no pun intended).

Edit: We can cross this bridge when we come to it, but will there be upgrades for Luminary tools after a level cap increase? They're practically the Relics of Land/Hand.

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Originally Posted by Yrusama

*Incoming large post*

I started going for Axe of the Luminary in Treespeak (Grade V) as a BTN30. By the time I had finished that area and half of Halatali (Grade V), without touching any other areas, I was BTN50. This included completion of off-hand achievements Personally I liked that I got a quarter of the achievements (5490 hatchet strikes and about 1000 scythe swings) done while gaining 20 levels.

Will this be the same proportion? By going from 1-50 can we expect to have 30% of the achievements done, or less than 10%? Apart from the weeks of effort, I think this might effect players' willingness to pursue the Luminary tools. I suppose you can't answer this without Yoshi-P's consent, let alone some absurd calculations based on estimated exp gained in each area.

I'm also curious as to how gathering achievements will change as a result of the shift from a Grade system to a tree/rock/fish level system. This video shows us that trees have levels now (presumably in increments of 5). Does this mean that rather than one achievement per grade per region will change to one achievement per level per region (Black Shroud lvl15 Mature Trees, for example)? If so, how will recorded values from 1.0, such as the several hundred Mining strikes I have n Thanalan V, be recalculated for the new achievements? Or will these incomplete achievements be unobtainable, and new achievements take their place? I seem to remember they were not among the list of 1.0 exclusives.

Any answers you can provide would be nice. I know I spent a lot of time mining Thanalan Grade V, and I'd hate to have that all disappear in case I want to pick it up again (no pun intended).

Edit: We can cross this bridge when we come to it, but will there be upgrades for Luminary tools after a level cap increase? They're practically the Relics of Land/Hand.

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Assuming Luminary tools are going to be obtainable in the same fashion in 2.0.

Cool...

Now tell me about gathering HQs in ARR please. :3

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Originally Posted by HiirNoivl

Cool...

Now tell me about gathering HQs in ARR please. :3

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Yes plz, I'm undereducated in this area and would like to be properly schooled.

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Originally Posted by Mortechai

Assuming Luminary tools are going to be obtainable in the same fashion in 2.0.

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Right. There's always a chance they'll scrap the achievement method and put a bunch of quests in for the Luminaries.

But like I said, the achievements related to Gathering were not on the list of discontinued content. I know that list was subject to change, but it never hurts to ascertain the situation. Knowledge is power :D

*gasp* A rep post on my own topic, I feel so proud. Well it's all downhill from here, I won't be able to top this.