Aether Tapping yield rates

As I am writing this, my character is sitting in game waiting for some Aether Nodes to pop back up.

I was thinking about the server, and I was wondering why gather rates seem to be retail-level, even though this is a high rate server.

I don't think it would be game breaking to raise the yield rates of "greater", "pure" and "brilliant" type ores off of gather nodes.

I was thinking something along the lines of

Brilliant: 5%

Pure: 15%

Greater: 20%

Normal: 59%

Special item 1: 0.5% (1% if there is no 2nd special item)
Special item 2: 0.5%

So , for example

A 375p Burning Vortex would yield

Aether @ 59%
Greater Aether @ 20%
Pure Aether @ 15%
Brilliant Aether @ 5%
Essence of Wind @ 1%

Does anyone else think this is a good idea?

 

I would agree with this if aether splitting worked. As it is, the only reason you would be asking for better rates is, I believe, to craft your balic skins. But the vast majority use those nodes for normal aether gathering for scrolls. Changing a 90% proc to 60%, with the remaining 40% being worthless would just cause QQ.

 

i think adding the npc that sells pure aether is a better idea

 

I think at 60%, every 3 out of 5 gathers per node would be normal. The greater aether, pure and brilliant items can be morphed into other useful items

For example, Greater Aether can be morphed into 3 fresh subella which makes 9 potions (the ones that heal ~1.5k).

So I dont think it would cause as much QQ as you think.

0.59 ^ 5 = 7.10% (Chance that all 5 gathers will be normal)
0.59 ^ 4 = 12.1% (Chance that 4/5 gathers will be normal)
0.59 ^ 3 = 20.5% (Chance that 3/5 gathers will be normal)
0.59 ^ 2 = 34.8% (Chance that 2/5 gathers will be normal)
0.59 ^ 1 = 59.0% (Chance that 1/5 gathers will be normal)

Just incase people were wondering what the over-all results from a node would look like.

 

I think it would cause more than you think.

But arguing about the hypothetical is pointless. I'm voting no, as this would inconvenience me until mat splitting works.

 

Fair enough

 

Aa Autumn said, I would like it if splitting worked. since it doesn't, there really useless.

 

I am looking at boosting craft/gather rates for premium members. Rates for non premium will always be the same.

-zp

 

aether splitting doesn't even work.
anything above aether is useless. to me anyway. dunno what the others (pure/brilliant) are used for.

 

It's on the list. :lol:
It's a core component of the game.
Me and my wife do a lot of crafting.

-zp

 

Also, if all someone wanted was regular white gathers, they would be on the lowest level of node possible.

Eg, you wouldn't gather from a 375 node for [Aether], you would gather from a 300 node, simply because the 300's have a higher yield rate for what you want.

Using this logic, I really can't see a reason why higher level nodes cant have higher yield rates for higher quality gathers.

Also I really, really wish item splitting worked but its not a big deal.

 

Please don't until mat splitting works.