1) I don't dig in GoC (yet) so the set-up (the sources proximity to each-other, regen time for KT, etc.) may be different there than for FF. If it is, then this does not apply to Lillaryn's problem. When I brought up the problem of zero KT months ago, I was essentially blown off by other players and Neverax. Other players told me that the months I had spent leveling Desert Harvest was unimportant (yes, I gave a thought to the needs of higher level diggers, I started in Pyr, moved to OO, and only dug Thesos/Dyron when KT was at least 75% full until I was level 151+). Neverax "answerd" me by telling us that the KT regenerated at 480-something per hour. I tested this, and found that the KT bar still dropped when I limitted my digging to 300 mats per hour, and was the only one in region. I wound up giving up in disgust and leveling another land (more months wasted, that could have been spent raising craft).
2) I wonder how "fair" high-level hunters would find it if level 201+ mobs were only available for 10 minutes to an hour per day, if at all?
That is exactly what happens to a harvester who is trying to level, or to a crafter with an order, when KT goes to zero in their chosen region(s). Those who dig well below a regions quality while KT is low are essentially kill-stealing. They CAN get xp/mats for crafting at level by digging in other areas, the higher levels cannot.
Yes, I do think it is fair that higher levels have safer spots to dig (such as GoC and Dyron/Thesos), they have, by dint of hard work, earned it. Not only that, but they have fewer options when it comes to mats equal or higher than level when it comes to digging or crafting.
I would love to see them increase the regeneration to at least what they said it was, if not higher, to balance the opportunities granted harvestors/crafters with those supplied to fighters/mages.
I would agree that some sort of experience point limit should be applied to those who dig in an area with optimum quality 50 points or more higher than they can dig in that region. Something to enforce good manners.
Optimally, I would LOVE to see KT applied on an individual basis. Something reasonable, like 700 mats per hour. You can dig way more than that, by yourself, even more with a CPer, at higher levels. This would lend the Kami an air of wisdom, as they would only punish those they see as offenders, rather than the poor schmuck who couldn't log on till after the KT was already depleted.
With it regenerating at 700 per hour, you could pull 700 every hour, all day, every day. Pull 701, and the Kami starts warning you, keep that up for a minute or two, and then get the 6k kiss.
Yes, 700 mats per hour would limit some of us (myself included) but, it would also greatly increase our options. I wouldn't be able to pull as many mats per hour, but I WOULD always be able to get the mats I needed for crafting a specific item.
Providing, of course, I didn't get eaten
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