level requirements on harvesting tools

[Effie]

<p>My tier 4 warden is also tier 6 sage.</p><p>I decided yesterday that I wanted to work on raising her harvesting. I was a bit surprised that harvesting tools (non tinkered) are tied exclusively to adventuring level.</p><p>I'm at a loss as to why this would be. Harvesting is in no way related to adventuring but it is integral to tradeskilling so having these tools based on adventure level makes little sense to me.</p><p>Ideally, requirements on harvesting tools should be based on harvesting skill but that would only serve to annoy a lot of people, so I would like to see requirements on these these tools changed to tradeskill level or adventuring level.</p>

[Ottan]

<cite>Effie wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Ideally, requirements on harvesting tools should be based on harvesting skill but that would only serve to annoy a lot of people, so I would like to see requirements on these these tools changed to tradeskill level or adventuring level.</p></blockquote><p> I tested this when I logged in just now.  My 21 Inquisitor / 50 Woodworker is able to equip the level 40 Woodworker's harvesting tools.  The Level indicator shows as <span style="color: #ff3333">40</span>, but he can equip them anyway.  However, these are tools that were crafted recently.  If there's an issue with older tools that weren't updated to adventurer/tradeskill level, I do not know. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Spangles]

<p>I was miffed the other day when I asked my tinkerer mate to knock me out a set of overclocked harvesting tools.  I am a Lvl 70 adventurer with all harvesting skill maxxed out, but because I am only a Lvl 29 Alchemist following a recent respec I couldn't use them!  What is all that about??!!  I spent ages getting my harvesting skills up, so I should know how to handle a set of harvesting tools that equates to my skill level.  These tools should NOT be tied to your crafting level - just because I can handle a screwdriver in the workshop does not mean I am proficient with a pickaxe in the field.</p><p>Please fix this.</p>

[Effie]

Ottan wrote: <blockquote>I tested this when I logged in just now.  My 21 Inquisitor / 50 Woodworker is able to equip the level 40 Woodworker's harvesting tools.  The Level indicator shows as <span style="color: #ff3333">40</span>, but he can equip them anyway.  However, these are tools that were crafted recently.  If there's an issue with older tools that weren't updated to adventurer/tradeskill level, I do not know. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></blockquote><p>Thanks Ottan.</p><p>I will test it for myself when I log on tonight.</p>

[Effie]

<cite>Spangles wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I was miffed the other day when I asked my tinkerer mate to knock me out a set of overclocked harvesting tools.  I am a Lvl 70 adventurer with all harvesting skill maxxed out, but because I am only a Lvl 29 Alchemist following a recent respec I couldn't use them!  What is all that about??!!  I spent ages getting my harvesting skills up, so I should know how to handle a set of harvesting tools that equates to my skill level.  These tools should NOT be tied to your crafting level - just because I can handle a screwdriver in the workshop does not mean I am proficient with a pickaxe in the field.</p><p>Please fix this.</p></blockquote> You could use the non-tinkered harvesting tools.<img src="/smilies/1cfd6e2a9a2c0cf8e74b49b35e2e46c7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />