Nice (Is XP still only based on quality/grade with small bonus for quantity?)Harvesting Changes
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Based on player feedback in regards to the Foraging changes introduced with Patch 1, the developers are currently working on some adjustments. These changes will take effect in the next patch.
[Major changes]
- All extractions will yield larger quantities than before.
Do we get another skill reset to reclaim the will SP which are now not really required. Max Focus a must, Will is not really need for regen as the extraction is the main consumer of focus and we will get this back 'instantly'. (I have invested 210 SP is something that is no longer needed for extraction.- In order to reduce downtimes, the focus used in an extraction session regenerates immediately at the end of the session. It is still important to manage your focus during long foraging sessions and to choose your actions carefully. Focus consumed in prospecting and crafting are not regenerated at the end of extraction sessions. Focus consumed in this way regenerates over time in the same way as hit points, sap or stamina.
In a team or anyone who effects the source?- The XP gained from prospecting and curative forage actions has been balanced against the XP gained from extraction actions. The XP is now shared evenly between the extractor, source healers and prospectors.
still 3k max then divided amongst harvesters or capped at 3k each?
By significatly do you mean 10 lvls difference or 50 lvls difference?
- The gentle extracting stanzas are now noticeably more gentle than the harmful ones.
[Minor changes]
- The quantity or quality drops that used to occur frequently ("hard luck, you failed/spoiled...") now no longer occurs, unless the extractor's level is significantly lower than the level of material that they're trying to extract.
So if I stop extraction do the bars stop falling as it was prior to patch 1?
- Explosions and other disasters now only occur if extractors continue to use extracting actions when the indicator bars get dangerously low. Previously it was possible for a source in the critical zone to 'topple' into a disaster without provocation.
I am sure I will have more questions about this band aid patch ... but until then, I will wait and see.
