The Backwards State of Heavensward Endgame Gathering

[Rufalus]

I don't like the timed stuff either, but I also don't think it should be so casual that you need to watch Netflix to prevent brain rot. A happy medium would be best. Maybe the worst thing about timed nodes is spending more time flying from location to location than actually gathering. How about instead of using timers to limit supply, they just use an allowance system, where you are only allowed to gather a certain amount of gems from some sacred location each day to prevent harming the environment, but you get to pick what time you do it. Or bring back repeatable daily quests like the Ixal ones.

[Jpec07]

But you know that are collectibles in some nodes that allows you go in slow peace, those don't give much scrips though but are there whole day (no timed), just you need to "refresh" nodes to make them appear again.

Camping timed nodes is substantially more efficient for gathering scrips - especially when many of these nodes are so far removed from the timed nodes that you can't get there with ample time or GP to ensure high enough collectibility to get scrips.

Folklore nodes (5am-7am miner and 5pm-7pm btn) and favor nodes are other whole different matter. Those for now are ok, since are top-end materials, and increasing their time will affect seriously the marketplace.

Except you need to be there, waiting for them to spawn, or you won't have any opportunity to gather them (due to how far removed they are from the aetherytes). High end items in ARR still had 4- or 8-Eorzea-hour windows of time where you could gather them. Extending the duration of the HW nodes would not in any way negatively affect the market for them if they are still only available for gathering once every 24 Eorzea hours.

I don't like the timed stuff either, but I also don't think it should be so casual that you need to watch Netflix to prevent brain rot. A happy medium would be best. Maybe the worst thing about timed nodes is spending more time flying from location to location than actually gathering. How about instead of using timers to limit supply, they just use an allowance system, where you are only allowed to gather a certain amount of gems from some sacred location each day to prevent harming the environment, but you get to pick what time you do it. Or bring back repeatable daily quests like the Ixal ones.

I like these ideas. I agree that progression shouldn't be so mindless as to need Netflix; catching up on OitNB can wait for when I need to spend a couple hours on Titanium or Cloud Mica, but having to be in the right place at the right time like it is doesn't work. I like your ideas, though. Spending half an hour of consistent work to progress (instead of 45 seconds every 36 minutes for 8 hours) would be a much better, much more consistent way to do it.

I also wish we could use collectible DoL for collectible DoH items to greater effect than HQ resources, but that's a different thread.

[Zorlinta]

Camping timed nodes is substantially more efficient for gathering scrips ...

Except you need to be there, waiting for them to spawn, or you won't have any opportunity to gather them...

So what you want slow peace or efficiency? you cant have both.

So i dunno how you been gathering the timed nodes because you not need sit next to the node until it spawns. You have a 40 minutes (effective time) in game time to can gather them.
Also there is a 2hours game time spawn node separation so you can and is possible go from one time node to other in time to collect.

my current gathering route (on the 3 dol's):
5am astral moraine gathering
fly to 7am violet quartz
fly to 9am cryshal green
fly to 11am adamantite ore
fly to morel node for 12am
fly to cuprite for 2pm
fish some illuminati perch until 4pm
so going then for hunt caiman or
well going to gather seven heaven at 5pm
then some rest or keep fishing perch
until 9pm for more cryshal green
fly to 11pm adamantite
fly to morel node for 12am
fly to cuprite for 2pm
fish perch or rest unil 4am

so it give me plenty scrips red & blue, also i spent some cordial, and fill red scrips weekly quote in couple travels.