Imbuing materials since latest update, a couple of questions/observations

[ashen1973]

Since imbuing materials where changed from scale/stone/tooth/flower to generic material, I have noticed a large drop in the harvest rates of the items. Also, did 'stones' get converted into 'material'? Others have noticed that no stones are available on the broker, and I just logged one of my crafters (that hasnt been out harvesting since update. The char had no stones in the inventory, but a stack of material (along with some flowers/teeth/scales)

[Dragonz]

when all else fails read the lu

[ashen1973]

<cite>Dragonz wrote:</cite><blockquote>when all else fails read the lu</blockquote> Ok Mr smartarse, if by 'lu' you mean 'GU notes' then I have read them, several times in fact and just noticed the ommission of 'stones' in the second line here Imbue type harvests are now known simply as "material" instead of four separate types ("flower", "stone", "tooth", "scale"<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />, simplifying bank space usage logistics.  Existing flowers, teeth, and scales will not be renamed but can still be used. even though this doesnt actually say that stones would be converted to material, I bow down to your uber-1337 'lu' reading skills. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> any comments on the reduction in the amount being harvested?

[Dragonz]

<p>live update /game update matter of semantics.</p><p>and its not mr, I've been told its cute not smart I keep smarts approx 3 foot higher, unlike men who keep theirs 180* from their *smartarse* </p><p>If you want to delve into the arts of sarcasm, plz do not set your self very lvls of achievement and fail miserably to reach them.</p><p>glowing materials etc, were in recipe books before  the GU(HAPPY NOW) and all recipes that use a specific type , i.e. stein, bag now can use anything from specific tier</p><p>from what harvesting i've done since update rares seem to be up slightly unless I'm on lucky streak, and materials about same.</p><p>only harvested feerott,ss, and tt tho.</p>

[SnoesieQ]

<p>I think this was discussed in another thread in the last day or so. That was mostly about the rares though.</p><p> I have only been harvesting with a newbie without maxed out skills - so far she has her bank stashed of rares (on about 2x2 hour sessions probably 25 or 30 <img src="/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> most of them roots) but 1 (one) glowy material.</p><p> And all my stones were also converted to "material" btw, which isn't what it said in the patchnotes. Although the patchnotes were somewhat cryptic on a lot of things concerning the crafting related changes, and I suppose it doesn't matter whether they are stones or materials, just makes you wonder if things are intentional or bugged. </p>

[Mighty Melvor]

I sure hope the rates have been reduced.  I harvest just about all my raws and I must have about 50+ imbues from each tier.  The broker reflect just how common they were since you can get one for each tier for a few silver.  I think these things should be a little more rare and welcome the change (if it did take effect)

[Looker1010]

<p>I was amazed to find that the new imbuing "material" is not colored coded to match the loam color changed recently introduced. Seems a bit stupid to me. No tier label on imbuing items, just a name - lambent, luminous, etc. So, just what was simplified here? </p><p>Go back and try again. At least match imbuing items to loams, color for color.</p>

[Aurumn]

<p>Taken from Domino's comments <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=30&topic_id=374729" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>:</p><li><span style="color: #00cc00"><b>imbue stuff got a bit less common.</b>  Really, people seem to have stockpiles of the stuff.  I know I still have the pre-revision extracts in my bank that I've never used and I regularly destroy the imbue harvests.  It's still not rare rare, but it's just a little bit less common.  So, if you're seeing a higher % of rares to imbues, that may be as much because of the added roots + fewer imbues, than it is actually most rares being more common.</span> </li><p>Also to the above poster, the imbuing materials are still labeled as before the update with the exception of the words "tooth", "scale", "flower" and "stone" being change to "material". The tiers were previously labeled as Glowing, Sparkling, etc. I wouldn't see the point of color coding them unless you're going to simultanously color code the clusters as well. </p>