RNG sucks!!

[Sjol]

I am slightly annoyed that killing mobs is the slowest way to actually get materials. We reward structure is so low, it's not worth doing and I think that's a major reason why the overworld is so empty, even in current content. The very structured nature of the three activities in your average zone makes for some very static-feeling content:

1) FATEs
2) Gathering at a handful of pre-determined spots
3) Ha! You thought there'd be a third one. There's only 2.

[TaleraRistain]

Yes of course, im going to live in the game chasing fates for crafting materials, brilliant design... more like boring design fates are absolutely boring as hell to do, I would rather kill the mobs I need get the items do my thing not do unrelated tasks.

But why am I even expressing this here, there's always those who seem to think unrelated tasks are the answer and because they can do mindnumbing tasks without activating more than 1 neuron they think its all fine and dandy, fates are NOT stimulating gameplay...

One benefit to doing FATEs with the Shared FATE system is that you can unlock items from the vendors as you complete a certain number of FATEs in the given zone. Materials are just one benefit, but there are triple triad cards, I believe minions, portraits for housing, etc. It's been a bit since I looked at the gemestone vendors. You can always do both mob drops and FATEs but the bicolor system was put into place to try to alleviate the sometimes bad RNG on mob drops.

[posona]

This thank you absolutely this, these people saying why dont you just do this are stupid and ignorant that not everyone lives in the game and are apologists to a bad system!!

I mean yeah, it’s bad but it’s STILL faster to farm FATES, use a retainer, or buy off the mb than to farm individual mobs. Personally I use retainers or just buy them, I’m not wasting my time killing things. I got stuff to do!

Why’re you in such a hurry anyway? Genuinely curious why you need that many skins quickly.

[Kathryn]

I mean yeah, it’s bad but it’s STILL faster to farm FATES, use a retainer, or buy off the mb than to farm individual mobs. Personally I use retainers or just buy them, I’m not wasting my time killing things. I got stuff to do!

Why’re you in such a hurry anyway? Genuinely curious why you need that many skins quickly.

I'm leveling my crafter jobs through collections and getting white scripts for the mastery recipe books, I also dont play all the time so when I set a goal i get it done as fast as I can as i dont want to spend an entire month doing 1 chore.

Anyway im done, I finished my shopping list tonight, it was this:

750 Red Pine Logs, -Complete
1200 Bismuth Ore, -Complete
300 Tin Ore, -Complete
60 Vampire Cup Vines, -Complete
60 Vampire Vine Sap, -Complete
150 Phrygian Gold Ore, -Complete
100 Zinc Ore, -Complete
240 Saiga Hide, -Complete
60 Eblam Alumen, -Complete
450 Snow Flax, -Complete
120 Luncheon Toad Skin, -Complete
30 Yellow Alumen, -Complete
120 Almasty Fur, -Complete
120 Mousse Flesh, -Complete
120 Lunatender Blossoms, -Complete
60 Carrots of Happiness, -Complete
30 Iceberg Lettuce, -Complete
30 Underground Spring water, -Complete
720 Palm Syrup. -Complete

[posona]

I'm leveling my crafter jobs through collections and getting white scripts for the mastery recipe books, I also dont play all the time so when I set a goal i get it done as fast as I can as i dont want to spend an entire month doing 1 chore.

Anyway im done, I finished my shopping list tonight, it was this:

750 Red Pine Logs, -Complete
1200 Bismuth Ore, -Complete
300 Tin Ore, -Complete
60 Vampire Cup Vines, -Complete
60 Vampire Vine Sap, -Complete
150 Phrygian Gold Ore, -Complete
100 Zinc Ore, -Complete
240 Saiga Hide, -Complete
60 Eblam Alumen, -Complete
450 Snow Flax, -Complete
120 Luncheon Toad Skin, -Complete
30 Yellow Alumen, -Complete
120 Almasty Fur, -Complete
120 Mousse Flesh, -Complete
120 Lunatender Blossoms, -Complete
60 Carrots of Happiness, -Complete
30 Iceberg Lettuce, -Complete
30 Underground Spring water, -Complete
720 Palm Syrup. -Complete

Ah, see I don’t have the attention span to focus on a single thing like that, unless it’s gathering, gathering is strangely calming.

Congrats on completing your list though!

[Kathryn]

Ah, see I don’t have the attention span to focus on a single thing like that, unless it’s gathering, gathering is strangely calming.

Congrats on completing your list though!

Yeah I don't like the combat in this game, its too sluggish, prefer WoW's combat, but I sure do love crafting and gathering, apart from hides/monster parts and skins :/