jesder wrote:I like the changes to source Mode .. it now makes sense to switch extraction plans while pulling. You can also use careplans much more effectively when soloing. Overall I think the changes are nice .. the only thing I miss it the danger. I use to find harvesting more dangerous than fighting. Now it is all changed
Harvesting IS dangerous to those who do it dangerously. Gentle harvesting isnt very dangerous and not hardly at all with careplans. But gentle harvesting is harvesting for mats. When harvesting for xp you want to do full aggressive in a large spot of resources. When harvesting for xp you WANT to kill the node so you get the xp faster and can move on to another source. Aggressive is more like strip mining now
Sure you get less xp when the node is killed but the higher quality stanza you use the longer the source lasts. (not actual xp numbers here but it's relative) If i can kill 3 sources and get 1k xp in the same time it takes you to gently pull out a full one source for 2k xp which is faster? Even strip mining without any specs i can usually get max quality 75% of the pulls and the other 25% are only 1-2 quality steps lower. The danger from fast aggresive xp is getting those evil mode 0, 1, and 5's. I've died many times trying to kill that last little sliver of life on the node while getting hit by 2 gas clouds and it switches to mode 0. Mode 0 has very strong source health and very weak stability. Mode 0's will explode multiple times before the source health even drops noticeably if the mode doesnt change.