Quote Originally Posted by Rydin View Post
I went out mining earlier today in halatali
Level 50 Miner
Gathering 133
Output 122
Perception 93
Vitality 247
Mind 240

I went until I damaged 6 out of the 8 chops per node (Gathering fatigue)
I use the Electrum sweet Spot (+4) the entire time
I got:
82 Iron Ore
69 Zircon
59 Amber
417 Alumen
63 Alumen +1
302 Alectrum ore
74 Electrum ore +1

My Alumen to Electrum Ratio is 5/4
Not bad considering Alumen drops up to 4 and Electrum drops 1 at a time.
This shows that for me... with those stats... at the electrum sweet spot... I get more electrum chops than all other items combined
you bring up a point here alot of people dont consider

alumen drops more per swing then other stuff

this also means perception has a higher rate of effect on it giving more then other stuff

your perception may give you an average of lets say 1.5 iron per swing, but on the other hand it would be closer to 2.5-3 alumen per swing and so on
and of course electrum is 1 per swing period