Really need a new gathering class

[DRAGONxKING]

Sitting here trying to level an alchemist and ran into the issue where I need skins/leather but they're too expensive to buy. Too expensive either on the marketboard, needing to do fates for gemstones to buy from vendors or extremely low drop rate from killing the mob that drops them.

Honestly, the new class should specialize in getting animals bits such as skins, furs, tufts, milks, meats, bones etc.

the new class could be called a Scavenger. The gathering nodes could be located where specific mobs gather for you to get their parts. For example, need dodo meat for a culinarian? Go to Western La Noscea to where they gather and you'll find the nodes to gather their meat and feathers along with shards etc.

[Goemoe]

Nodes to gather meat sound really weird. If you want meat and fur, hunt for it or let someone hunt for you. Make your retainers get what you don't want to look for yourself. Every combat class gets you every bit of fur, milk or bones you want to have and so does your retainer.

[DRAGONxKING]

Nodes to gather meat sound really weird. If you want meat and fur, hunt for it or let someone hunt for you. Make your retainers get what you don't want to look for yourself. Every combat class gets you every bit of fur, milk or bones you want to have and so does your retainer.

Not really. after this post and sitting down I decided on a job similar to Fisher. Call it a Trapper and you can collect items by laying out bait to trap the animal and you get a random resource from it. It would work the same as Fisher. Once the bait is out you get the ! mark to spring the trap. Skills would make sure you didn't get the same resource or you could get multiple of the same resource.

[NegativeS]

Not really. after this post and sitting down I decided on a job similar to Fisher. Call it a Trapper and you can collect items by laying out bait to trap the animal and you get a random resource from it. It would work the same as Fisher. Once the bait is out you get the ! mark to spring the trap. Skills would make sure you didn't get the same resource or you could get multiple of the same resource.

I do kind of like this idea...

...but I'm also going to resonate what everyone else has said: There are plenty of avenues already to get skins, and this is coming from somebody who just finished the grind getting LTW from 0 to 90 without using the MB a single time. It really isn't that bad.

[alfarini]

Not really. after this post and sitting down I decided on a job similar to Fisher. Call it a Trapper and you can collect items by laying out bait to trap the animal and you get a random resource from it. It would work the same as Fisher. Once the bait is out you get the ! mark to spring the trap. Skills would make sure you didn't get the same resource or you could get multiple of the same resource.

i like this idea, sure i could spend time/gems on so mats or i could actually hunt for them. i don't know why so many here is just like "go hunt for it" you know how boring that is? a trapper class is just what we need imo. SE could even do some rare mats, and timed stuff, ephemeral "nests". add special mats that only a trapper can get. Weaver, Leather worker and Alchemist need a decent way of gathering mats that don't rely on retainers or having to spend gemstones on stuff. there's so many opportunities to be had here. i think its to quick for people to just toss this idea away.

[DRAGONxKING]

i like this idea, sure i could spend time/gems on so mats or i could actually hunt for them. i don't know why so many here is just like "go hunt for it" you know how boring that is? a trapper class is just what we need imo. SE could even do some rare mats, and timed stuff, ephemeral "nests". add special mats that only a trapper can get. Weaver, Leather worker and Alchemist need a decent way of gathering mats that don't rely on retainers or having to spend gemstones on stuff. there's so many opportunities to be had here. i think its to quick for people to just toss this idea away.

The main issue I take with the "go hunt for it" is the fact a lot of lvl 90 - 100 require quite a few skins for a small number of crafts. If you want to craft the entire maiming set for lvl 91 you need 11 leather or 44 skins. Now you're not going to stop at one set if you plan to sell so let's say you're crafting 10 of each. That's 440 skins. that's 28 fates to gather the required gemstones. That's quite a lot of combat and a very low return on investment for your time. Gatherer/Botanist/Fisher can get a lot more resources for the same amount of effort. It really holds Leatherworker back because it almost relies solely on FATE grinding

[Jojoya]

We already have 22 jobs that can farm skins/meat/etc. Why would we need another?

I understand you don't like the drop rate but the drop rate is low because the items can drop for every player and not just players that have a specific gathering job. Demand is high right now and that means prices are high but they'll drop a lot later in the expansion.

Feeling that things are too expensive becomes the perfect opportunity to farm yourself then sell what you don't use to others at prices that you feel are fair.

[DRAGONxKING]

We already have 22 jobs that can farm skins/meat/etc. Why would we need another?

I understand you don't like the drop rate but the drop rate is low because the items can drop for every player and not just players that have a specific gathering job. Demand is high right now and that means prices are high but they'll drop a lot later in the expansion.

Feeling that things are too expensive becomes the perfect opportunity to farm yourself then sell what you don't use to others at prices that you feel are fair.

Take away Fisher, Miner and Botanist and see how that works out. just do fates for your mats. FATE farming should be supplemental not mandatory.

[Jojoya]

Take away Fisher, Miner and Botanist and see how that works out. just do fates for your mats. FATE farming should be supplemental not mandatory.

It isn't mandatory. It's an option.

Farm yourself.

Use Gemstones.

Send retainers.

Buy from market board.