RNG sucks!!

[Kathryn]

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...

[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.

[Asdif_Laoeg]

I don't understand this.

You find killing mobs (fates) boring, but killing mobs (normal enemies) interessting? And the reason you find killing mobs (fates) boring is that they are to easy? But killing mobs (normal enemies) is not as boring for you? But you need even less "neurons" (as you would call it) for killing normal enemies than for fates. Can you please explain to me why a more boring event is more interessting for you.

[Kathryn]

I don't understand this.

You find killing mobs (fates) boring, but killing mobs (normal enemies) interessting? And the reason you find killing mobs (fates) boring is that they are to easy? But killing mobs (normal enemies) is not as boring for you? But you need even less "neurons" (as you would call it) for killing normal enemies than for fates. Can you please explain to me why a more boring event is more interessting for you.

No its all boring, and chasing fates is also dull, but I would rather farm the mobs and reliably get the hides/skins I want rather than fate chase, but in all honestly I would rather absolutely prefer another disciple of land job that deals with monster parts/furrs/skins/hides... It would make a hell of alot more sense and the crafting/gathering jobs have been neglected hardcore compared to combat jobs.

[Asako]

Farm fates solo in 90 areas and buy them.

Are you really complaining about grinding mobs when the devs have put faster methods in the game already. In an mmo of all games where grinds are expected.

If it takes you 15 mins a fate then I don't know what to tell you.

Failing that buy them from mb by getting money from content you do enjoy.

[Nebelheim]

why are you complaining that direct drops from mobs are too low and when people are telling you a much faster way of getting them your still complaining that the solution isn't good enough for you. Just buy the stuff off the market board if fate farming or farming mobs is too much for you. At least it's not like everquest or ff11 or other old mmo games where it has a less then 1 percent drop rate and takes weeks/months to potentially get a single drop. Farming the mobs fate farming or buying off market board are the 3 solutions of getting them what else do you want for answers unless you want the mobs to hand you the skins.

[vetch]

why are you complaining that direct drops from mobs are too low and when people are telling you a much faster way of getting them your still complaining that the solution isn't good enough for you. Just buy the stuff off the market board if fate farming or farming mobs is too much for you. At least it's not like everquest or ff11 or other old mmo games where it has a less then 1 percent drop rate and takes weeks/months to potentially get a single drop. Farming the mobs fate farming or buying off market board are the 3 solutions of getting them what else do you want for answers unless you want the mobs to hand you the skins.

Common crafting materials didn't have a 1% drop rate in EverQuest, only rare magic items from rare spawns. Common items were either all over the place in EQ or you could buy them from vendors directly.

Instead of forcing players to choose between three boring options, the better solution would be for CBU3 to undo the poor decision they made to triple the leather recipe requirements in Heavensward, and go back to the ARR system of 1 hide = 1 leather. Suddenly it doesn't matter as much if you only get a hide drop every few kills.

[Kathryn]

Common crafting materials didn't have a 1% drop rate in EverQuest, only rare magic items from rare spawns. Common items were either all over the place in EQ or you could buy them from vendors directly.

Instead of forcing players to choose between three boring options, the better solution would be for CBU3 to undo the poor decision they made to triple the leather recipe requirements in Heavensward, and go back to the ARR system of 1 hide = 1 leather. Suddenly it doesn't matter as much if you only get a hide drop every few kills.

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!!

[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