Gathering: macro help please...

[BlaineCraner]

I could really use a better way to mine ore. Seriously, who came with the "fun" idea of making gathering work like this:

Select node
Choose item
*click*
wait 3 seconds
Choose item
*click*
wait 3 seconds
Choose item
*click*
wait 3 seconds
Choose item
*click*
wait 3 seconds
go find another node, then another, and then go back to the first one.


WHO thought this was a good idea?!

I would SO love to make this automatic or less mindwreckingly monotonous. Why can’t I just leave the character to dig the materials? The game could still need the presence of the player (like you would have to confirm your presence with a key stroke every 30 minutes). Oh, Now I remember why. BOTS. If the game was console only we wouldn’t have this problem. >/

I have to turn on a string of youtube vids just to have something entertaining to watch while playing the game (I mean only the mining part). The irony is stunning.

[HEC]

Select node
Choose item
*click*
wait 3 seconds
Choose item
*click*
wait 3 seconds
Choose item
*click*
wait 3 seconds
Choose item
*click*
wait 3 seconds

WHAT? Why do you need to select the item everytime? I select it once for the area and just keep hitting the action button only plus it stay selected when you reach the next node as well - one select per area if you're gathering one item type. It's even easier on controller - after the initial selectoin of the wanted item all you need to do is to walk up to node and keep pressing teh same button (unless indeed you want to use buffs etc.).

[furyousd]

WHAT? Why do you need to select the item everytime? I select it once for the area and just keep hitting the action button only plus it stay selected when you reach the next node as well - one select per area if you're gathering one item type. It's even easier on controller - after the initial selectoin of the wanted item all you need to do is to walk up to node and keep pressing teh same button (unless indeed you want to use buffs etc.).

that's the point i want to be able to go up to a node and only press the button once untill all the node is mined out, im lazy and having to press the button multiple times when i only want to mine the one item is boring and bothersome