Getting hit by others' enemy AoE while DoL gathering

[Highwilds]

HURRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Geryth]

I read probably the first 3-4 pages and then this last page. I love sweet vindication when arguing why a game mechanic is bad against someone who vehemently defends it and then the devs change the mechanic. Thanks Fynlar for paving the way for me as I start leveling a botanist lol.

[Kio]

Why do gatherers get auto enrolled into FATES (that happen to spawn on top of gathering locations to boot)? Gatherers cannot participate in FATES. But it will still interrupt gathering or flat out kill us.

[Fynlar]

Why do gatherers get auto enrolled into FATES (that happen to spawn on top of gathering locations to boot)? Gatherers cannot participate in FATES. But it will still interrupt gathering or flat out kill us.

FATEs that are 6 or more levels above you (which you would normally need to level sync to take part in, and which DoLs don't even get the option to do) won't have their enemies aggro you, as far as I can tell. So at least by the time you're 50, most gathering locations would be safe from FATE pops, in conjunction with this change.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

oh look, this thread again.

[Kenthy]

oh look, this thread again.

Of course it's this thread again. They're actually implementing this suggestion in patch 2.5! It's a wonderful day for this thread!

Edit: typo because I was typing too fast because I was so damn excited.

[MyKotoShi]

"Players will now be invulnerable to area attacks while gathering if they have not gained aggro from enemies."

2.5 patch notes. Wish granted.

/thread.

[BobbinT]

lol

Why this feature got implemented? Grinded my DoL all the way to cap without much troubles or threats. We've even given that Stealth skill for that purpose, unless someone did troll you which you can report.

Sometimes I don't understand how unnecessary request can be granted while we still have way bigger issues that needs more immediate solutions like billing without credit cards. (turns out the recent implemented Paypal solution still has problems on my end) ^^;

Well at least good for those who really needs it since this will get implemented anyways.

[Jeykama]

lol

Why this feature got implemented? [PHP]Grinded my DoL all the way to cap without much troubles or threats.

More than a few fishers get trolled by players pretending to be the good guy and checking you're a bot or just plain asshattedness, by dragging aoe mobs over them and seeing if they respond. Of course, this happens by accident too (all the time in the Tangle).

Regardless of whether it's reportable material, it's really great when this happens during a rare big fish window, or inevitably during a big fish bite, or on an unspoiled node that despawns if you're hit. It's a good change.

[Amiantos]

-words go here-

This so much. On Tonberry in the period of 3 days have had this happen to me 3 times while in the tangle. Ass hats when I confront them just run off and act like it was nothing. I've sent reports each time to GM's. First time I even told the GM "They might have thought I was a bot" just in case to give them a benefit of a doubt. 2nd and 3rd times though I pretty much laid into the GM for allowing such players to roam free. Be nice if they implemented a jail style thing like they did in 11 to hold ass hats for a period of time.