Gathering Favors is Mindless Drudgery (Plus an idea to make it better?)

[Stormfur]

So I have miner, botanist and all my crafters at 60. I get that SE is seriously steering us not to omnicraft in HW but crafting is one of my favorite things about the game.

Gathering, on the other hand, can go pound sand.

This nonsense of running around from node to node like a chocobo with its head cut off is just crazy. I feel more like a contestant in a game of Supermarket Sweep than a miner or botanist.

And to get the really good, high quality mats, I have to pray to RNGesus for 3 of the rare nodes to spawn. And the opportunities that I have to harvest these things at all is stuck behind an invisible wall.

I'm really, really hoping that this airship exploration stuff coming in 3.1 opens up a lot more opportunities to harvest the good stuff, but that's just wishful thinking.

But that got me to thinking...


Why not use the ephemeral system that we already have, which we're already gathering from anyway, to randomly spawn a rare/concealed thing while we're out there gathering the stuff in the first place? So you're out there getting your radiant fire moraine and BOOM up pops a red ooid. OR...you're chipping away at aurum regis sand and suddenly a violet roundstone comes up, but maybe the percentage of success in getting it would be a little lower than it is now.

Basically this would be relying on your mining/harvesting perception and skill rather than having to buy favors, shut up the world for 20 minutes, and have at it.

Your thoughts?

[MeridaQ]

I agree it would be cool, but I think people would get upset. :3 I think that they will probably implement it into the airship fc voyages and that is what I am most excited about.

[Nomad-phx]

Unless you need to use favors to see the exploration nodes after killing the mobs lol

[Silverbane]

I feel more like a contestant in a game of Supermarket Sweep than a miner or botanist. ...
Your thoughts?

That's what's fun about it. Seriously, I think of it as a fun mini-game combining skill and RNG.

[AskaRay]

I finally tried favors for the first time, since I had one token left after getting all my sexy miner gear.

And what I thought of it? Eh, it's okay. Definitely can see why people would be bored before the change to five minutes/favor, but as it is right now I don't mind it too much. Took me about a half hour to do the five I received.

I don't craft at all so all those ooids went straight onto the marketboard. I think I ended up with two HQ, twelve NQ, and one of the secret items. I might do more after I finish obtaining the rest of the blue gear I want for my other gathering jobs.

[Silverbane]

I finally tried favors for the first time,... I think I ended up with two HQ, twelve NQ, and one of the secret items.

Note that as near as I can tell, the HQ mats from the Concealed nodes (e.g. Ooids, Roundstones, Warts, etc.) are no more valuable than the NQ ones. I usually just lower the quality of the HQ and throw them in the same stack as the NQ.

[KfLeX]

What I want to know should I be selling favors or saving for gear. My crafts are all 50s that's all.

[Phantasmage]

Save your token for gear, in order to prepare for 3.1 gathering/perception requirements. Unless you gather to craft, or are in need of quick gil, you don't need to do favors.

[AnimaS]

I get that SE is seriously steering us not to omnicraft in HW but crafting is one of my favorite things about the game.

I disagree I think they got exactly the opposite they forced omni crafters to level gatherers

[Sartori]

Don't do it, its pretty much pointless. Get your af2 gear and be done with it