Mining the Tedium!

[CatofNineTails]

could mining be made more tedious?

seriously the 2 second delay between swings to reduce people gathering too much too fast. but the exact same XP expectations as the other classes which get fates shared XP in pt's and tons of quests. while mining may reap some gil rewards by selling off the extras having to swing the pick 4,000,000 times to get a level even with the GC item increasing xp is a very tedious task.
if you plan to gather shards for a Hand class you get the honor of getting one at a time regardless of level unless you toss 400gp to a single node for double shards and 12-13 xp per while the crafting class can burn through an hours worth of mined shards in about 10 minutes or less. not exactly a well laid ratio for the miner.

they need to either reduce the xp/level for gathering classes or remove the delay between tries or even better yet increase quantity of shards per strike every 20 levels making a 40-50 miner get three per try and simply lose those useless 400gp skills

[Eseuldor]

Personally, I like it. Why should it be easier? It's already ridiculously easy to level any of the gathering classes. If your running out there sitting in a certain spot and grinding only on the nodes, that is your option. But you have other options to speed it up should you choose. Also, gathering classes should NOT be as easy to level as a DoW/DoM class. If it were, I would not even bother with them and just buy everything from the market for 2-3 gil since everyone else would have them at 50 by now. Crafting for the most part would become a joke as material supply would overwhelm demand.

And the skills are what makes the gathering in this game more unique compared to the other 99% of games out there. Why do you want it to even more plain jane or simple than it already is?

[Suirieko]

Used to be a LOT worse. Be happy that it is as it is.

[Nvr]

I love it. I was able to get to 50 in 3 days. If it takes you 4 million swings you get a level, you are doing something wrong. Try not to exaggerate so much.

[Kenka]

I love it. I was able to get to 50 in 3 days. If it takes you 4 million swings you get a level, you are doing something wrong. Try not to exaggerate so much.

50 in 3 days? How if I may ask? Leves? O_o

[C-croft]

What about the survival manuals. Do they stack on each other?

[Rainsford]

What about the survival manuals. Do they stack on each other?

Survival Manual II costs 2,600 seals and gives 40k xp. Considering you need a few million xp to go from 40-50, you're better off mining instead of grinding the seals for a manual.

[BlaiseLallaise]

50 in 3 days? How if I may ask? Leves? O_o

Player was probably 40 at the beginning of those 3 days. If not, I sure hope an answer is given, since I'd also like to know.

[Kenka]

Survival Manual II costs 2,600 seals and gives 40k xp. Considering you need a few million xp to go from 40-50, you're better off mining instead of grinding the seals for a manual.

If you level a DoW/DoM class via leves, chances are you will have quite some seals to spare..

[Shadowblind]

At mining nodes of lvl 35, I've mined nearly two hours raw peridot to get about ~ 1/2 level up. This includes getting HQ bonuses roughly every 6-10 strikes.

THE TEDIUUUUUUUUM! ;_;