Please be truthful with us...

[Alisi]

You either don't gather very much, or you're blowing it out of proportion. Since most people only remember when the RNG was bad and not extremely good it's not super surprising.

I disagree. I understand the percentages and I have used that theory to soothe my savage gathering beastie heart, but something is up with this. This is someone who's gathered a lot. A whole ton. I basically spent all of HW gathering and crafting, because my computer at the time was bad. So I've done a lot of gathering and I've done them across the board. I just say that so you know I'm not a hysterical newbie gatherer.

That said, even I have noticed this issue. I've gotten none way, way more often in SB than I ever did in HW. It's gotten rather ridiculous. Even with 92%, I generally get 50/50 on each node I do. I always miss at least once. I can't remember the last time I got 100% of a node without using any abilities (on things 92% or higher chance.) This has been constant since SB came out and it's been no where near the miss rate in HW. Not even close. I was wearing half crafter gear to spirit bond on the left side and spirit bonding accessories to speed it up during HW. Even with basically wearing no gathering gear, I still got less misses than I do in SB. I am willing to accept a spate of bad luck because RNG. I'm not willing to accept a spate of bad luck that started at the beginning of SB and has lasted to this day. That's ridiculous.

But it's anecdotal and that doesn't hold any water, which is why I haven't brought this up. I have wondered if the set up of the new nodes is to blame. Like the artifically set the miss rate slightly higher to account for the chances of getting either 50%-ish HQ, 2+ attempts or items, or 25%+ gather rate with the set values you see (the 1+ attempt, 10% gather rate, and 5% HQ.) That or they messed up the formula with the new expac. As I said, I know, I know, anecdotal!