Just have to rage

[Maxion]

Lol it sure does, but it's now overly abundant to get zinc and is just way too annoying. I'd rather penalize myself the SP by having to go down in grades of deposits just to get a lower class ore than to have it plague my higher tier deposits. To me it's shameful to get something so low on a higher grade, especially when i'm so close to cap!

[Eruantien]

its not the zinc thats annoying its the difficulty of getting copper compared to zinc XD

[Fixy]

Absolutely agree with this... even if I hit the direct spot of the ore it just gives me "You damaged the ore" instead of giving me a second shot or mining it.

this happens quite frequently on the first hit, when i have plenty of the "remaining" bar left.

[VydarrTyr]

Oh, man. Go to Camp Skull Valley, strike at +3, and you'll get more than enough copper ore. For the longest time, I only mined there, and it seemed like I was never getting anything but copper. I actually left to go find zinc.

[Catapult]

Oh, man. Go to Camp Skull Valley, strike at +3, and you'll get more than enough copper ore. For the longest time, I only mined there, and it seemed like I was never getting anything but copper. I actually left to go find zinc.

Indeed, to get copper you need to go back to lower grade nodes. The lack of SP once you're higher ranked may be a put-off, but it's the only way to get that copper in bulk. >_>

[Maxion]

Indeed, to get copper you need to go back to lower grade nodes. The lack of SP once you're higher ranked may be a put-off, but it's the only way to get that copper in bulk. >_>

And in essence it makes sense to have to back track to get ores, which is what i suggest they do in the same regard to zinc. I'm sorry but something i got an over-abundance of in grade 2 should not be equally abundant, necessarily even there, in grade 5...our current highest grade.

[Eruantien]

Oh, man. Go to Camp Skull Valley, strike at +3, and you'll get more than enough copper ore. For the longest time, I only mined there, and it seemed like I was never getting anything but copper. I actually left to go find zinc.

I know you can get plenty from low level areas, but the original quote was talking about zinc at grade 5, I just meant that you get tons of zinc there but no copper making the zinc useless. similarly with gold sand when you stop getting silver sand.

And as mentioned if you are going to go back to grade 2 where you are goign to get even more zinc, you might as well make the zinc less available grade 5. I have always had an over abundance of zinc compared to copper

[Zangetsu]

Did you try setting the gauge at different levels? If you mine on each notch for long periods of time you'll find certain items become less or more abundant. You can solve the too much zinc problem if you figure it out. In grade 5 grid I get primarily silver, gold, and iron. For me zinc in LL areas didn't pop up until grade 4 and is still rare as gemstones at iron lake. Am I lucky? Maybe...

[Maxion]

Doesn't matter what notch i have it on, i end up getting a crapton of zinc. LL is my safe-haven from zinc...ul'dah and gridania hate me and plague me with it.

[Eruantien]

i always aim for either gold or mythril for obvious reasons