What if Favors are like this...

[Caimie_Tsukino]

What if the timer on a favor node stops running while you have a node open? That's similar to your GP not regenerating while a node is open, so they could implement this, probably pretty easily. With this change, lag in the operations to clear a node would no longer penalize players distant from the servers. It would also mean you'd be able to handle RL interruptions without losing the use of a Favor, simply by parking yourself in a node. It would also stop me from cursing my luck when a node has the "+2 attempts" proc.

SE should and probably would reduce the duration of the Favor as a result. For example, I hit at least 14 nodes (including Concealed that pop) for each favor, and clearing each one takes a bit over 10 seconds, so that's over 2 minutes spent inside a node out of the 5 on the Favor. SE could reduce the Favor duration to 2.5 to 3 minutes in transit and my yield per favor (and per minute if I don't dawdle clearing the nodes) would stay about the same I think, might get a little better.

And it would still be a race between the nodes, as I prefer.

Well, it sounds ok. But what if someone opens a node, and just go AFK... have a drink and come back... That'd be rather strange....

Yeah, anyway, that's the thing, I can only do up to 12 to 13 nodes per favor. There's nothing I can do to get it over 14. It takes about the same time for me to fly around as everybody, but the engaging and disengaging of nodes, and the time it takes when I spam click the items to deplete them are all slower than other people by a tad bit. Everything slower by 1 or 2 second, and it really hurts in the end.

[Silverbane]

Well, it sounds ok. But what if someone opens a node, and just go AFK... have a drink and come back... That'd be rather strange...

True, but I do not see how it could be exploited. And it's better than, for example, losing a Favor because someone rings the doorbell right after you use it, and there's no one else around to go to the door. Some RL things cannot wait 5 minutes ...