harvesting

[Cerriphan]

<font face="Century"><font size="4">Okay, I have a simple question, or at least I think it is.  Why is it that with one character I can find rare harvest fairly well, while with another character I can not find a single one?  I spent three days testing this theory.  One character, whom is mainly a craftsman, and only level him up so he can go to the areas I need to go to for harvest, a second has no tradeskill at all, and the last one is a combine, I play hardcore and tradeskill hardcore with.  Now what I did was to spend 12 hours of dedicated harvesting with each toon, started right after server reset.  The first toon, in 12hrs found just 3 flowers and 1stone,  the second toon managed to find one rare ore, and the third toon did not find a single thing (which I believe since I have started him has only found a total of around 15 rare ores or gems since creating it and that is over a year)  So, I guess what am i trying to figure out is this.  Is there some kind of little line of code in the programming that gives each toon has "Luck" or what.  I have friends whom I play with who can find 3-6 rare ores, gems, or hides in a single day, and that isnt even with hardcore harvesting.  Anyone have any ideas, thoughts or anything on this subject?</font></font><div></div>

[retro_guy]

Are the characters harvesting in the same tiers?<div></div>

[MrMartin]

<div></div><p>That was what is was thinking too.</p><p>Rares get rarer the higher the tier.</p><p>Harvesting for 12 hours in a T1 zone will give you stacks of rares.</p><p>Harvesting for 12 hours in a T6 zone might give you 1 or 2 rares.</p>

[myount]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>MrMartin wrote:<div></div><p>That was what is was thinking too.</p><p>Rares get rarer the higher the tier.</p><p>Harvesting for 12 hours in a T1 zone will give you stacks of rares.</p><p>Harvesting for 12 hours in a T6 zone might give you 1 or 2 rares.</p><hr></blockquote>I agree and also think that you have streaks of luck and streaks of bad luck.  It's also wierd, but i find more rares with my level 50 monk in sinking sands then i do with my 60 warden.  Random........

[JoarAddam]

<div>This is the reason why...</div><div> </div><div><a target="_blank" href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=items&message.id=62675#M62675">http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=items&message.id=62675#M62675</a></div>

[Jai1]

<div></div>I think its the RNG.  Sometimes I harvest for hours with nothing and on occasion Ill havest for a few mins and yeild a rare.  Have had multiple streaks of luck and multiple dry periods. I find pulling rares to be the same at every tier though so /shrug.

[Cerriphan]

<div>I am harvesting mainly in T3 zones rt now.  But even when in T2, I faced the same problems.</div><div> </div>

[retro_guy]

<div></div><span><blockquote><hr>Cerriphan wrote:<div>I am harvesting mainly in T3 zones rt now.  But even when in T2, I faced the same problems.</div><div> </div><hr></blockquote>The way rares are give has never been explained as far as I can tell.We all assume the each time you harvest a roll is made to determine if you will find a rare, or other item.So in T3 you might have a 1/500 chance for a rare, a 300/500 chance for metal 1, and a 199/500 chance for metal 2. There is also a chance that you find nothing, and that chance depends on your skill in harvesting, I don't think it effects your chance of rares though.But there is a possibility for a bias/bug somewhere in the code, however I think it's probably just luck. Good luck in one case and bad luck in the other.I've harvested for probably a few hundred hours on different characters and get rares on them all.</span><div></div><p>Message Edited by retro_guy on <span class="date_text">02-15-2006</span><span class="time_text">06:07 PM</span></p>