Questions about resource gathering.

[Ishtar Agasaya]

1. Does increased skill lower failure rate? I have 30 mining skill but I seem to fail just as often as when I had 1.

2. How long does it take for a mining node to refill itself? Do they refill gradually over time or is it all at once?

3. Why do metal nodes have so few iron ores? I usually get about 10 ores from one plus 8 sulfur (donno what it's used for but I hold on to it) and sometimes a gem. Trees, stone, herbs all have lots and lots of resources but metal never does, plus metal is hard to find while the other nodes (especially stone) are everywhere.

[Narninian]

1. It does fail less often, but no idea on the numbers.
2. Not sure
3. I usually get 40-50 iron ore per metal node - are you perhaps mining with others? there is a set amount per node, and if others are gathering individuals will get less. Sulphur is a regeant for magical spells, you can sell it to aspiring mages or save it for when you want to increase your magical abilities.

[Mulciber]

every resource node has 51 items on it. that could be sulfur (reagent for spell casting) or iron or a gem.

Success rate does improve with the increase in harvesting skills. If you are getting less than 51 off of a node it means that in the last 3 hours or so it was hit by someone else and not fully drained. Every 3 hours after server reset (time is different every day) the node replenishes, even if it was not fully drained. Hope that helps.

[Drekor]

1) Yes but it's not a big change.
2) 3 hour cycles I believe
3) Someone else tapped it but didn't deplete the whole node.

[smason]

1) Yes but it's not a big change.
2) 3 hour cycles I believe
3) Someone else tapped it but didn't deplete the whole node.

Love the sig, saw in on their boards. How many points did it cost you?