Unspoiled Gathering Nodes: Does these have gathering caps?

[enigma213]

From what I've read around gathering goal is 340 as gathering 50 nodes caps at 90% for items and 95% for clusters from gear and food. You have to use your ability to bump it to 100%. Then just focus on either GP and/or perception depending on your strat for mining. Hope this helps.

[WHS]

From what I've read around gathering goal is 340 as gathering 50 nodes caps at 90% for items and 95% for clusters from gear and food. You have to use your ability to bump it to 100%. Then just focus on either GP and/or perception depending on your strat for mining. Hope this helps.

Exactly what I thought and I whole heartedly appreciate you for sticking with the thread and posting your feedback. Any melds I might do past 340 is merely a waste of time and money. Sadly, that's what I did. At least I now can tell friends and family about their melds and help them not overdo it. Lol. Thanks.

[enigma213]

Np. Theres also debate but 320 perception is what you need to at least view HQ so that is where a lot of people stop at and just try to stack GP as 700 is your goal during mining for the best guaranteed double HQ taps per node with deep vigor. Getting 15% HQ with perception is just unfeasible at the moment.

[Raldo]

just try to stack GP as 700 is your goal

Is that even possible? I'm barely scraping 600 right now, and I have most of the best gear and even some melds.

[Magnesium02]

Np. Theres also debate but 320 perception is what you need to at least view HQ so that is where a lot of people stop at and just try to stack GP as 700 is your goal during mining for the best guaranteed double HQ taps per node with deep vigor. Getting 15% HQ with perception is just unfeasible at the moment.

As far as I know, with optimum melds on HQ artifact the maximum stats you can get are

Gathering: 377
Perception: 387
GP: 620

(though I am missing some information on GP meld cap offhand tool so you might be able to squeese in a little more GP). 700 is definitly out of the question right now, even with food. You can get a max of 644 GP with food, but if you can't hit 650 or 700, there really isn't a point in melding past 600. Same with gathering. While you can hit 377, you only need 340 so melding higher than that is surplus. So after Gathering and GP are at the 'caps' so to speak, focus on Perception.